Safety and the law questions
Seat belts and child seats, phones while driving, what to do in an emergency or a collision, insurance, and the rules for permit holders and new drivers under 18.
Each question below covers one rule from the California Driver Handbook. Answer it, see why the other answers are wrong, and follow the link to the handbook page.
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11 questions
- Rear-facing seats for babies
- Child restraints until age 8 or 4 feet 9 inches
- Children left alone in a vehicle
- Report injury crashes to law enforcement within 24 hours
- SR 1 collision report to DMV within 10 days
- Tell DMV within 5 days when you sell a vehicle
- Provisional license: no driving 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. in year one
- Provisional license: passengers under 20
- Minors and cell phones
- Adults and cell phones: hands-free only
- Stalled on railroad tracks
Take the free 20-question test
20 questions from every topic, each with the answer explained and a link to the handbook page. You need 16 right for 80%, the pass mark the DMV uses. Free, no sign-up.