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Delaware Car / Permit: Signals & Pavement Markings practice test
How to read traffic signals, lane lines, and pavement markings — including yellow and white lines, arrows, and flashing lights.
Content reviewed against official driver handbooks · August 12, 2026
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1. There is a solid yellow line on your side of the road and a broken yellow line on the other. What may you do?
Correct answer: Stay put; overtaking is not allowed from your side
Where a solid and a broken yellow line run together, only the side with the broken line may cross to overtake. The driver on the solid side may not pass.
Source: Delaware Driver Manual — Pavement Markings
2. What is the center lane bordered on each side by one solid and one broken yellow line meant for?
Correct answer: Left turns, and U-turns where permitted, by drivers coming from both directions
Delaware reserves this shared center lane for turning left. Turn arrows painted for one direction alternate with arrows painted for the other, and it is not a travel or passing lane.
Source: Delaware Driver Manual — Shared Center Lane
3. A flashing yellow arrow points left as you reach the intersection. What are you allowed to do?
Correct answer: Turn left once you have yielded to oncoming vehicles and to people crossing
The flashing yellow arrow permits the movement it points toward, but only after opposing traffic and pedestrians have been let through.
Source: Delaware Driver Manual — Arrows
4. What does a broken white line between two lanes tell a Delaware driver?
Correct answer: Both lanes run the same way and you may change lanes when it is safe
White markings separate lanes headed in the same direction. A broken white line permits a lane change when conditions allow, a solid one discourages it, and a double solid one bans it.
Source: Delaware Driver Manual — Pavement Markings
5. A steady yellow X is lit above the lane you are using. What should you do?
Correct answer: Move out of that lane as soon as you safely can, because its direction of use is changing
Above a reversible lane a green arrow means you may use it and a red X means you may not. The steady yellow X warns that the lane is switching over, so leave it.
Source: Delaware Driver Manual — Reversible Lanes
6. What should you do at a flashing yellow signal?
Correct answer: Reduce speed, sharpen your attention, and go through with care
A flashing yellow calls for slowing and heightened awareness. Cross traffic may be facing a flashing red, so watch for vehicles moving into the intersection.
Source: Delaware Driver Manual — Understanding Traffic Signals
7. May a Delaware driver ever cross a solid yellow line?
Correct answer: Yes, to turn into a driveway when it can be done safely
Two solid yellow lines bar passing in either direction, yet the manual expressly allows crossing a solid yellow line to enter a driveway if the move is safe.
Source: Delaware Driver Manual — Pavement Markings
8. In which case does Delaware allow a left turn against a steady red light?
Correct answer: Turning left from a one-way street onto a second one-way street, after a full stop, where nothing forbids it
The allowance covers one-way to one-way movements only, requires a complete stop first, and disappears if a sign bans it or a steady red arrow is displayed.
Source: Delaware Driver Manual — Understanding Traffic Signals
9. A flashing red signal carries the same meaning as which traffic control?
Correct answer: A stop sign
Delaware equates the flashing red display with a stop sign. The driver must come to a complete halt and may go on only once it is safe.
Source: Delaware Driver Manual — Understanding Traffic Signals
10. How does a steady red arrow differ from a round red lens?
Correct answer: It bars movement only the way the arrow points, while the round lens governs every direction
Arrows control a single direction of travel while round lenses control all of them. Facing a steady red arrow you must stop and may not proceed that way.
Source: Delaware Driver Manual — Arrows
11. What does a flashing red arrow allow a Delaware driver to do?
Correct answer: Turn the way it points after halting fully and picking a safe gap
A complete stop comes first. Stopping lets the driver choose a safe opening in the main traffic stream and finish the turn without waiting for a green display.
Source: Delaware Driver Manual — Arrows
12. When is a right turn against a steady red light permitted in Delaware?
Correct answer: After a complete halt, unless a posted sign forbids it or a steady red arrow is showing
A full stop comes first. The turn is then allowed unless a sign prohibits it or the display is a steady red arrow, and it must be made carefully.
Source: Delaware Driver Manual — Understanding Traffic Signals
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