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Delaware Car / Permit: Sharing the Road practice test
Driving safely around motorcycles, bicycles, large trucks, pedestrians, and school buses — and knowing who has the right of way.
Content reviewed against official driver handbooks · August 12, 2026
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1. What does Delaware require of somebody riding a moped on a public road?
Correct answer: A valid driver license, and registration of the moped with the Division
Mopeds and tripeds may not be ridden on a public road by an unlicensed operator, must be registered, and are barred from interstate and limited access highways.
Source: Delaware Driver Manual — Mopeds And Tripeds
2. What is the minimum clearance a Delaware motorist must leave when passing a bicycle?
Correct answer: Three feet
The law fixes three feet as the minimum at all times, and on roads with more than one lane in your direction it requires moving into the adjacent lane whenever that is possible.
Source: Delaware Driver Manual — Bicycle Friendly Delaware Act
3. Which bicyclists must wear a helmet in Delaware?
Correct answer: Everyone under the age of 18
A properly fitted and fastened helmet is required of every rider younger than eighteen, and a parent can be held answerable when a child rides without one.
Source: Delaware Driver Manual — Bicycles
4. A tractor-trailer ahead of you swings left before making a right turn. What should you do?
Correct answer: Hold back and never move into the space between the trailer and the curb
Truck drivers sometimes have to swing wide to complete a right turn and cannot see cars directly behind them, so slipping in between the trailer and the curb invites a crash.
Source: Delaware Driver Manual — Near A Truck - No-Zone
5. What following interval does the Delaware manual give for traveling behind a motorcycle above 40 mph?
Correct answer: A four second count
Below forty miles per hour the manual asks for two seconds and above it for four, with still more room whenever the surface is wet or slick.
Source: Delaware Driver Manual — Sharing The Road With Motorcycles
6. The lane is too narrow to share with a cyclist ahead of you. What does Delaware law require?
Correct answer: Change lanes to get by, even where a double yellow line is painted
Delaware obliges drivers to move fully into another lane, crossing a double yellow center line if need be, whenever the travel lane is not wide enough for the vehicle and the bicycle side by side.
Source: Delaware Driver Manual — Bicycle Friendly Delaware Act
7. Why be cautious when the motorcycle ahead of you has a turn signal blinking?
Correct answer: Most motorcycle signals do not switch themselves off, so the rider may be going straight on
Because the signal often keeps flashing after an earlier turn, make sure the rider is genuinely turning before you move into their path.
Source: Delaware Driver Manual — Sharing The Road With Motorcycles
8. How much of a traffic lane is a motorcycle entitled to in Delaware?
Correct answer: The whole width of it, exactly like any other vehicle
Skilled riders keep shifting position within the lane to see and be seen and to allow for objects in the road. Pulling a car alongside into that same lane is both illegal and very dangerous.
Source: Delaware Driver Manual — Sharing The Road With Motorcycles
9. Under the Bicycle Friendly Delaware Act, what may a cyclist do at certain stop signs?
Correct answer: Yield instead of stopping, after looking carefully for other vehicles
The act lets riders treat some stop signs as yields once they have checked for traffic, so drivers should not assume every cyclist will come to a halt.
Source: Delaware Driver Manual — Bicycle Friendly Delaware Act
10. What is the safest response to finding yourself directly behind a large truck?
Correct answer: Drop back, because a truck has a deep blind area right behind it
Trucks cannot see a vehicle tucked in behind them, and sitting there also hides the road ahead from you. Delaware advises leaving at least four seconds between you and the truck.
Source: Delaware Driver Manual — Near A Truck - No-Zone
11. A truck is temporarily blocking the street while backing into a loading area. What should you do?
Correct answer: Wait for it, because slipping behind a reversing truck is never safe
Most commercial vehicle crashes happen during backing. A trailer can completely hide whatever is behind it, so anyone who cuts across enters a blind spot for themselves and for the driver.
Source: Delaware Driver Manual — Backing Crashes
12. Which driver mistake accounts for a large share of injury crashes between cars and motorcycles?
Correct answer: Turning left across the path of an oncoming rider
Drivers either fail to pick the rider out of the traffic scene or misjudge how fast the machine is closing, which is why the manual says to look, then look again, before turning left.
Source: Delaware Driver Manual — Sharing The Road With Motorcycles
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