Topic 4 · Defensive Driving and Safe Driving Practices
Your signal lights have failed. How do you signal a left turn with your arm?
- Arm extended straight out horizontally — correct answer
- Arm extended upward, bent at the elbow
- Arm extended downward, pointing at the road
Why
Hand and arm signals are given from the left side of the vehicle: horizontal for a left turn, upward for a right turn, downward for stopping or slowing. (CVC 22111; Handbook, Section 5.)
Practise this in the real format
Reading one answer is not the same as sitting the test. The simulator runs the first-time adult form: 36 questions, 6 mistakes allowed, 83% to pass.
Source: California Driver's Handbook (DL 600, rev. 6/2025), the document the DMV writes the real test from. Edited by Fernando Aguilera. Aprobify is not affiliated with the California DMV.
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