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To Our Delaware Drivers:

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SECTION ONE INTRODUCTION

3DJH

'HQLWLRQV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
2QOLQH6HUYLFHV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

MOTOR VEHICLE FEES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

SECTION TWO DRIVER LICENSE INFORMATION

NEW FEDERAL IDENTIFICATION STANDARDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
:KDW'RFXPHQWDWLRQ'R,1HHG7R*HW0\&RPSOLDQW'ULYHU/LFHQVH . . . . . 

DRIVER LICENSE REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

([HPSWLRQV)URP+ROGLQJ'HODZDUH$'ULYHU/LFHQVH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
:KR0D\1RW%H/LFHQVHG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

APPLYING FOR A LICENSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

+RZ'R,*HW$/LFHQVH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL DRIVER

LICENSE AND ID CARD APPLICANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
,QHOLJLEOH,PPLJUDWLRQ6WDWXV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
'HWHUPLQH/HJDO6WDWXV$XWKRUL]HG/HQJWKRI6WD\. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
$FFHSWDEOH,GHQWLFDWLRQ'RFXPHQWV/LVW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
*UDGXDWHG'ULYHU/LFHQVH)RU)LUVW7LPH$SSOLFDQWV8QGHU$JH . . . . . . . 
5HTXLUHPHQWV)RU)LUVW7LPH$SSOLFDQWV2YHU$JH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
7UDQVIHU2I/LFHQVHV)URP2WKHU-XULVGLFWLRQV,QWR'HODZDUHRYHU . . . . 
7UDQVIHU2I/LFHQVHV)URP2WKHU-XULVGLFWLRQV,QWR'HODZDUHXQGHU . . . . 
/LFHQVH5HQHZDO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
3HUPDQHQW/LFHQVH5HQHZDO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
([FKDQJH6WXGHQW/LFHQVLQJ3URFHGXUHV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
5HVWULFWHG/LFHQVH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
5HSODFHPHQW/LFHQVH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
1DPH&KDQJH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
$GGUHVV&KDQJH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
,GHQWLFDWLRQ,'&DUG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
9HWHUDQ,GHQWLFDWLRQ&DUGV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
9RWHU5HJLVWUDWLRQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
0HJDQV/DZ6H[2IIHQGHUV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
0DQGDWRU\'LVFORVXUH2I6RFLDO6HFXULW\1XPEHUV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6HOHFWLYH6HUYLFH6\VWHP5HJLVWUDWLRQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
1H[W2I.LQ5HJLVWU\ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
2UJDQ$QG7LVVXH'RQRU3URJUDP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

DRIVER LICENSE CLASSIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

&ODVV'2SHUDWRUV/LFHQVH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
&RPPHUFLDO'ULYHU/LFHQVHV&'/ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
&'/7HPSRUDU\,QVWUXFWLRQ3HUPLW/HDUQHUV3HUPLW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
&'/&ODVV$/LFHQVH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
&'/&ODVV%/LFHQVH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
&'/&ODVV&/LFHQVH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
121&'/&ODVV$/LFHQVH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
121&'/&ODVV%/LFHQVH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
&ODVV'/HDUQHU3HUPLW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
*UDGXDWHG'ULYHU/LFHQVH3HUPLW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
7HPSRUDU\/LFHQVH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
&RQGLWLRQDO2FFXSDWLRQDO$QG+DUGVKLS/LFHQVHV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
,JQLWLRQ,QWHUORFN'HYLFH,,'(QGRUVHPHQW/LFHQVH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

ENDORSEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
0RWRUF\FOH(QGRUVHPHQW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
0RWRUF\FOH5LGHU&ODVVHV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
0RWRUF\FOH/HDUQHU3HUPLW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
6FKRRO%XV(QGRUVHPHQW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
7D[L/LPR(QGRUVHPHQW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

THE DRIVER EXAMINATION

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

9LVLRQ6FUHHQLQJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
+LJKZD\6LJQ$QG6LJQDO7HVW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
5XOHV2I7KH5RDG7HVW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
5RDG7HVW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
0RWRU9HKLFOH7R%H'ULYHQ'XULQJ5RDG7HVW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
:KHQ<RX0XVW%H$FFRPSDQLHG%\$/LFHQVHG'ULYHU . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
3UHSDUDWLRQ)RU7KH'ULYHU([DPLQDWLRQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

MEDICAL INFORMATION AND REPORTING

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

6HOI5HSRUWLQJ2I0HGLFDO&RQGLWLRQV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
6SHFLDO([DPLQDWLRQV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
0DQGDWRU\0HGLFDO5HSRUWLQJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
0HGLFDO6XUUHQGHU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

LICENSE REVOCATION AND SUSPENSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

0DQGDWRU\5HYRFDWLRQV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
+DELWXDO2IIHQGHU5HYRFDWLRQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
6XVSHQVLRQ2I$'ULYHU/LFHQVH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
&KLOG6XSSRUW'HOLQTXHQF\ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
6FKRRO([SXOVLRQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
'ULYLQJ'XULQJ6XVSHQVLRQ2U5HYRFDWLRQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

DRIVER IMPROVEMENT PROBLEM DRIVER PROGRAM . . . . . . . . . 

Delaware Point System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  

&DOFXODWHG3RLQWV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
'ULYHU,PSURYHPHQW3UREOHP'ULYHU3URJUDP$FWLRQV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
3RLQW&UHGLW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
6HULRXV6SHHGLQJ9LRODWLRQV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
2FFXSDWLRQDO/LFHQVH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
'ULYLQJ'XULQJ6XVSHQVLRQ2U5HYRFDWLRQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
$JJUHVVLYH'ULYLQJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
$SSURYHG%HKDYLRUDO0RGLFDWLRQ$WWLWXGLQDO'ULYLQJ&RXUVHV . . . . . . . . . 
,QWHUQHW&RXUVH3URYLGHUV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
'HIHQVLYH'ULYLQJ&RXUVHV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
$SSURYHG'HIHQVLYH'ULYLQJ&RXUVH3URYLGHUV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

IMPAIRED DRIVING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

'ULQNLQJ$QG'ULYLQJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
'ULQNLQJ$QG%ORRG$OFRKRO&RQFHQWUDWLRQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
&UDVK5LVN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
,I<RX'ULQN:KHQ&DQ<RX'ULYH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
'UXJV&RPELQHG:LWK$OFRKRO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
'LVWUDFWHG'ULYLQJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
'URZV\'ULYLQJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

DELAWARE DRINKING AND DRIVING LAWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

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,PSOLHG&RQVHQW/DZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
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=HUR7ROHUDQFH/DZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
8QGHUDJH&RQVXPSWLRQ2U3RVVHVVLRQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
'HODZDUH6SHFLF3HQDOWLHV$QG3URFHGXUHV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
'ULYLQJ8QGHU7KH,QXHQFH'8,3HQDOWLHV)RU$)LUVW2IIHQVH . . . . . . . . 
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'8,3HQDOWLHV)RU7KLUG2IIHQVH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
'8,3HQDOWLHV)RU)RXUWK2IIHQVH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
'8,3HQDOWLHV)RU)LIWK2IIHQVH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
'8,3HQDOWLHV)RU6L[WK2IIHQVH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
'8,3HQDOWLHV)RU6HYHQWK2IIHQVH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
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SECTION THREE VEHICLE EQUIPMENT, TITLES,

REGISTRATION, AND INSURANCE
MOTOR VEHICLE EQUIPMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
5HTXLUHG(TXLSPHQW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
$GGLWLRQDO(TXLSPHQW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
3URKLELWHG(TXLSPHQW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
8VLQJ+HDGOLJKWV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
8VLQJ6DIHW\%HOWV$QG&KLOG5HVWUDLQWV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

HOW TO TITLE/REGISTER YOUR VEHICLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  

6WHS/LDELOLW\,QVXUDQFH)LQDQFLDO5HVSRQVLELOLW\$QG3HQDOW\ . . . . . . . .  
6WHS9HKLFOH,QVSHFWLRQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
6WHS7LWOH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
5HTXLUHPHQW)RU$SSOLFDQWV8QGHU<HDUV2I$JH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
5HQHZLQJ5HJLVWUDWLRQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
&KDQJH2I$GGUHVV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
&KDQJH2I1DPH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
2XW2I6WDWH,QVSHFWLRQV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
5HVSRQVLELOLW\2I2ZQHU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

SECTION FOUR RULES OF THE ROAD

5LJKW2I:D\ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
6LJQDOV$QG6LJQV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
5HG/LJKW5HLQIRUFHPHQW3URJUDP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
8QGHUVWDQGLQJ7UDIF6LJQDOV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Arrows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
3HGHVWULDQ6LJQDOV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
$FFHVVLEOH3HGHVWULDQ6LJQDOV$36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
+LJK,QWHQVLW\$FWLYDWHG&URVVZDON+$:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
+LJKZD\6LJQV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
2YHUKHDG/DQH6LJQDOV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
*XLGH6LJQV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
,QIRUPDWLRQ6LJQV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

WORK ZONES

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:KHQ$SSURDFKLQJ2U'ULYLQJ7KURXJK$:RUN=RQH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
5HJXODWRU\6LJQV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
:DUQLQJ6LJQV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
*XLGLQJ2U&KDQQHOL]LQJ'HYLFHV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
)ODVKLQJ$UURZ3DQHOV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
)ODJJHUV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

SOME IMPORTANT DELAWARE LAWS

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&HOO3KRQH+DQG+HOG(OHFWURQLF'HYLFH8VH:KLOH'ULYLQJ . . . . . . . . . . . 
6LJQDOLQJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

2YHUWDNLQJ3DVVLQJ2WKHU9HKLFOHV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

0RYH2YHU/DZV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

TRAFFIC CONTROL LAWS

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*HQHUDO/DZV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
+LJKZD\5DLO,QWHUVHFWLRQ6LJQV$QG6LJQDOV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
3DYHPHQW0DUNLQJV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
5HYHUVLEOH/DQHV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
5HVHUYHG/DQHV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
5RXQGDERXWV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
6KDUHG&HQWHU/DQH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
*HQHUDO5XOHV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
5LJKW2I:D\ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
6WRSSLQJ)RU6FKRRO%XVHV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

PARKING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
*HQHUDO3DUNLQJ5XOHV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
6WRSSLQJ$QG3DUNLQJ9LRODWLRQV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

SPEED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
*HQHUDO6SHHG5HVWULFWLRQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
6SHHG/LPLWV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
0LQLPXP6SHHG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
6SHHG6LJQV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  

OTHER HIGHWAY USERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  

3HGHVWULDQV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2
%LF\FOHV$QG%LF\FOLQJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
6KDULQJ7KH5RDG:LWK0RWRUF\FOHV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
0RWRUF\FOH2SHUDWLRQ$QG/LFHQVH(QGRUVHPHQWV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
0RSHGV$QG7ULSHGV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
2II+LJKZD\9HKLFOHV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
$QLPDO5LGHUV$QG$QLPDO'ULYHUV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
)DUP7UDFWRUV$QG(TXLSPHQW5RDG0DFKLQHU\DQG&RQVWUXFWLRQ(TXLSPHQW. . 
:KR0XVW1RW8VH7KH+LJKZD\ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
6ORZ0RYLQJ9HKLFOHV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
6KDULQJ7KH5RDG:LWK$7UXFN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
%DFNLQJ$FFLGHQWV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5HSRUWLQJD&RPPHUFLDO6DIHW\9LRODWLRQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

SECTION FIVE DRIVING SKILLS AND SAFETY TIPS

BEFORE YOU DRIVE

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7ULS3ODQQLQJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
&KHFN7KH9HKLFOH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  
&OHDQ*ODVV6XUIDFHV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

$GMXVW6HDW$QG0LUURUV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
8VH6DIHW\%HOWV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
8VH&KLOG5HVWUDLQWV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3URSHU5HVWUDLQW2I&KLOG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
%DG,QIRUPDWLRQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

BASIC DRIVING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

6WDUWLQJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
$FFHOHUDWLQJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
6WHHULQJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
6SHHGLQJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
6WRSSLQJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
%UDNLQJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
6HHLQJ:HOO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6FDQQLQJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
8VLQJ<RXU/LJKWV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   

COMMUNICATING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
/HW2WKHUV.QRZ<RX$UH7KHUH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
/HW2WKHUV.QRZ:KDW<RX$UH'RLQJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

ADJUSTING SPEED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

$GMXVWLQJ7R5RDG&RQGLWLRQV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
$GMXVWLQJ7R7UDIF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

NIGHT DRIVING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

DRIVE DEFENSIVELY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
HOW WELL CAN YOU SEE? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Darkness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
5DLQ)RJ2U6QRZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
+LOOV$QG&XUYHV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
3DUNHG9HKLFOHV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
6LJKW'LVWDQFH5XOH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
6SHHG/LPLWV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

SHARING SPACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

6SDFH$KHDG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
6SDFH%HKLQG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
6SDFH7R7KH6LGH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
6SDFH7R0HUJH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
6SDFH7R&URVVRU(QWHU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Space To Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Space For Special Situations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

BE IN SHAPE TO DRIVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

9LVLRQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

+HDULQJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
)DWLJXH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
'ULQNLQJ$QG'ULYLQJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
+HDOWK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
(PRWLRQV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

VEHICLE EMERGENCIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

6WHHULQJ:KHHO/RFNLQJ'HYLFH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Brake Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
5XQQLQJ2II7KH3DYHPHQW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Tire Blowout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Power Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
+HDGOLJKW)DLOXUH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
*DV3HGDO6WLFNV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
6WDOOLQJ2Q5DLOURDG7UDFNV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

AVOIDING COLLISIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

6WRSSLQJ4XLFNO\ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   
7XUQLQJ4XLFNO\ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   
6SHHGLQJ8S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   
'HDOLQJ:LWK6NLGV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   

PROTECT YOURSELF IN COLLISIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

+LW)URP7KH5HDU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
+LW)URP7KH6LGH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
+LW)URP7KH)URQW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

CRASHES/ACCIDENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
$W7KH$FFLGHQW6FHQH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
,I6RPHRQH,V,QMXUHG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
5HSRUWLQJ$FFLGHQWV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
$FFLGHQW5HSRUWLQJ)RUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
DMV WEB PAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :::'09'(*29
TEEN DRIVER WEB PAGE . . . . . . . . . . :::7((1'5,9,1*'09'(*29
SENIOR DRIVER WEB PAGE. . . . . . . . :::6(1,25'5,9(5'09'(*29

INTRODUCTION

SECTION ONE

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and other highway signs, traffic signals, and pavement markings. The meanings
are explained in the Rules of the Road section of this manual.
For example, you may be asked to identify these or other shapes without their labels:

(Stop)

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Rules Of The Road Test

You will be asked to answer a series of questions on the Delaware road rules
(motor vehicle laws and safety practices). For example, you might be asked what
the speed limit is for automobiles on two-lane roads; what actions are taken when
you see a flashing red signal ahead; or under what conditions you should not pass
another vehicle. You might also be asked what you should do if your vehicle starts
to skid, or how far away from a fire hydrant you may legally park.

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302-853-1005.
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Valid vehicle registration card and valid insurance card for the
vehicle that you will drive during the test
Driver license of the driver who came with you (must be at least 21)

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Unless you already have a legal right to drive in Delaware, you must come to the
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case you fail to pass the tests.

Preparation For The Driver Examination

One of the purposes of this manual is to help you prepare to take the driver
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the driver license examiner prior to your examination.
If you plan to apply for a license class other than a Class D driver license, or for
the motorcycle endorsement, or commercial driver license, you will also need to

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that you know how to do such things as the following:

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:KR'RHV1RW1HHG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

:KR0D\1RW%H/LFHQVHG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

'ULYLQJLQ)RJ5DLQRU6QRZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
'ULYLQJ9LRODWLRQV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
'ULYLQJ:KLOH,QWR[LFDWHG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
'ULYLQJ:KLOH6XVSHQGHGRU5HYRNHG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
'UXJV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
(PHUJHQFLHV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
(PHUJHQF\9HKLFOHV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
(PRWLRQV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
(QGRUVHPHQWV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
(TXLSPHQW9HKLFOH


5HTXLUHG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

$GGLWLRQDO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

3URKLELWHG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

([DPLQDWLRQ'ULYHU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
([FKDQJH6WXGHQW/LFHQVLQJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
(\H6FUHHQLQJ7HVW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
)DUP(TXLSPHQW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
)ODJJHUV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
)LQDQFLDO5HVSRQVLELOLW\ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
)RJ'DUNQHVV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
)ROORZLQJ6LJKWRI'LVWDQFHVHFRQGUXOH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
+DELWXDO2IIHQGHU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
+DUGVKLS/LFHQVH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
+HDGOLJKWVXVHRI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
+LJK2FFXSDQF\9HKLFOHV+29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
,GHQWLFDWLRQ&DUGV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
,JQLWLRQ,QWHUORFN'HYLFH,,' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
,PPLJUDWLRQ6WDWXV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
,PSOLHG&RQVHQW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
,QVSHFWLRQDQG5HJLVWUDWLRQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Out of State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 


5HQHZDO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

,QVXUDQFH/LDELOLW\ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
/DQH&RQWURO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
/DQH'ULYLQJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
/HDUQHUV3HUPLWV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
/LIW.LWV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
0HGLFDO&RQGLWLRQV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
0HGLFDO6XVSHQVLRQV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

0HJDQV/DZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
0RSHGV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Motorcycles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
0RYH2YHU/DZV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
1HZ5HVLGHQWV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
1H[WRI.LQ5HJLVWU\ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
1LJKW'ULYLQJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
2FFXSDWLRQDO/LFHQVHV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
2+92II+LJKZD\9HKLFOHV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
2Q/LQH6HUYLFHV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
2UJDQDQG7LVVXH'RQRU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
2XWRI6WDWH,QVSHFWLRQV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
2YHUWDNLQJ3DVVLQJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
3DUNLQJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
3DYHPHQW0DUNLQJV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
3HGHVWULDQV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Point System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
5DLOURDGV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
5HG/LJKW5HLQIRUFHPHQW3URJUDP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
5HJLVWUDWLRQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 


&KDQJHRI$GGUHVV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

&KDQJHRI1DPH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

/LFHQVH3ODWHV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

5HQHZDOV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
5HTXLUHG'RFXPHQWDWLRQ7DEOH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
5HYRFDWLRQRI'ULYHU/LFHQVH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
5LJKWRI:D\ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
5RDG0DFKLQHU\ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
5RDG7HVW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
5XOHVRIWKH5RDG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Safety Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
School Buses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
6FKRRO([SXOVLRQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
6HOHFWLYH6HUYLFH5HJLVWUDWLRQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6KDULQJWKH5RDGZLWK7UXFNV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
6LJQDOLQJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
6LJQDOV6LJQV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
6LJQDOV+DQG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
6NLGGLQJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
6ORZ0RYLQJ9HKLFOHV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
6SDFH6KDULQJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
6RFLDO6HFXULW\1XPEHUV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
6SHHGLQJ9LRODWLRQV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

6SHHG/LPLWV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
6WHHULQJ:KHHO/RFNLQJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
6WRSSLQJDQG3DUNLQJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
6WXGGHG7LUHV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
6XVSHQVLRQRI'ULYHU/LFHQVH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
7DLOJDWLQJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
7D[L/LPR(QGRUVHPHQW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7HPSRUDU\/LFHQVHV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
7HVWLQJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7LQWHG:LQGRZV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
7UDIF&RQWURO/DZV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
7UDQVIHU'ULYHU/LFHQVH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
7ULS3ODQQLQJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
7ULSHGVDQG0RSHGV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
7XUQLQJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
9HKLFOH5HJLVWUDWLRQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
9LVLRQ6FUHHQLQJ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
9RWHU5HJLVWUDWLRQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Wet Pavement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
:KR0XVW1RW8VHWKH+LJKZD\ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
Work Zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
DMV WEB PAGE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .www.dmv.de.gov
TEEN DRIVER WEB PAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.teendriving.dmv.de.gov
SENIOR DRIVER WEB PAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.seniordriver.dmv.de.gov

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