California Driver Handbook

by Department of Motor Vehicles

Genres: Nonfiction

92 pages

First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[☆ serethiel ☆]

I DID IT. I GOT MY PERMIT! And my driving lessons start today. *gulps* o.O

[Miguel Vega]

No plot, hated the writing, bad ending.

[Emanuel · Rating 2 out of 5]

Riveting

[Neha Godbole · Rating 5 out of 5]

very informational. a good read

[Maddie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I passed!

[Aarav Balsu · Rating 2 out of 5]

Shamelessly padding out my 2022 Read list with this one -- when you move to California from another state with a valid driver's license, you still have to write the knowledge exam before you can get a CA license. Finished this in a couple of hours, very dry. Even the pictures are boring. At least it's informative.

[E · Rating 2 out of 5]

Hmm...over a hundred pages, so I think it counts in my "read" books! Technical and repetitive, but I needed to read it to renew my driver's license.

[Sred · Rating 2 out of 5]

I passed my permit test 😁

[Misbah · Rating 3 out of 5]

I loled so hard when I saw this handbook pop up on goodreads.

I read it when I got my license in 2017. It was actually pretty fun to read, I don't know why.

I think what I loved the most was that the test was definitely from the book and ONLY from the book. Yeah, after years of being duped by professors that say "just study what I tell you to study and you'll be fine"...pretty refreshing.

[Srav]

I'm literally putting this on here because it's more than a 100 pages and is a book. If I had to suffer through it, it counts for my reading challenge, lol!

[Alina · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved it, it was so compelling. Now I feel the pressing need to drink and drive.

[Rachel · Rating 3 out of 5]

I passed the test!!! So I guess it helped? 🤣

[Shulin Raja · Rating 2 out of 5]

Gotta get the numbers up somehow

[briella wunderli]

This is a very knowledgeable book with great driving information. Definitely recommend it if you failed on your first try because you didn’t study😁

[Alona · Rating 1 out of 5]

Officially a California Driver!!! Surprised by how long this book was, but I sped through it (haha driving jokes).

[Chris · Rating 2 out of 5]

still don’t know how to drive

edit 5/13/24: see original review

[Ryan Matsumoto · Rating 5 out of 5]

Phenomenal book - I learned so much! My favorite part was learning about how Senior Ombudsmans ensure that senior drivers are treated fairly, consistent with laws and regulations, and with dignity and respect.

[Anika]

thrilling. talks about death a lot.

[evelyn]

yes after two months of having this book marked as reading and more than one year since i could’ve gotten my permit it has been done. i’m a permitted 17 year old

[Sam · Rating 1 out of 5]

Trash book. Why were there (unfunny) driving memes in it. Whoever wrote this does not understand how to be a clear, concise communicator

[keilani · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wasted my life reading this so I better pass my permit test

[Katherine · Rating 3 out of 5]

i passed my test!

[KC]

Edit: Back at it again

Every time I read this soul sucking thing I'm counting it

[Daniel Lopez · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book was interesting it explained the rules on the road and where i can park without getting a ticket and how to park with the diagrams in the book. Also shows the sign and what each one represents and what it means. Also explains what to do when it is foggy or raining hard overall the book was a great help and hopefully i pass my permit test and my drivers test

[allie · Rating 3 out of 5]

very intriguing and informational 💥🦅‼️

(i read all 100 pages of this in 45 mins while shaking in the dmv waiting area lol)

(and i’m counting this just because i can. i didn’t read all these pages to NOT count it 😭)

[Sneha Reddy · Rating 1 out of 5]

I don't want to read this.

[Story!!! · Rating 1 out of 5]

No plot development, no characters. The climax is really disappointing too. Just the worst book I have ever read.

[Rosa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Illustrations were a little weird

[Paige Shafer · Rating 2 out of 5]

Dull as all hell, but I passed the test so it’s at least effective

[Deoxyribonucleic Acid · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read the 2023 version but no one has added that one yet so whatever. It has a nice cover with a road snaking through a redwood forest. Book was ok. Some interesting points about quantity of alcohol and BAC. Don't like that cyclists are treated like a vehicle in the eyes of the DMV. Very ominous first page about the amount of deaths in road accidents... Took me too long to finish luckily it's only about 90 something pages ;)