Free Delaware Permit Practice Test 3 (2026)
Real questions from the official Delaware driver handbook, each with a plain-English explanation. Free, unlimited retakes, no signup.
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This draw of 20 questions breaks down like this:
- Emergencies & Crashes — 3
- Sharing the Road — 3
- Traffic Signs & Signals — 3
- Adverse Conditions — 2
- Safe Driving — 2
- Traffic Lanes, Passing & Turning — 2
- Alcohol, Drugs & the Law — 1
- Points & Penalties — 1
- Right-of-Way & Intersections — 1
- Signaling & Communication — 1
- Vehicle Equipment — 1
Heaviest on Emergencies & Crashes (3 of 20) — that is the section to revise first if you miss several here.
3 are Delaware-specific questions, drawn from the state handbook rather than general road rules.
Each test on this site draws a different set, so Test 1, 2 and 3 never repeat a question.
Questions on this test
1. Speeding 20 mph or more over the posted limit adds how many points?
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 5 (doubled while in effect)
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Answer: 5 (doubled while in effect)
20+ over = 5 points (asterisked — enhanced).
2. A 'bike box' at an intersection is:
- A storage bin
- A parking spot
- A marked area letting bicyclists safely position ahead of traffic
- A toll booth
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Answer: A marked area letting bicyclists safely position ahead of traffic
A bike box lets cyclists position safely at the head of the lane to turn or proceed.
3. If your turn signals fail, you should:
- Use hand signals until repaired
- Not signal
- Use headlights
- Turn without signaling
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Answer: Use hand signals until repaired
Use hand signals if your signals fail.
4. When two lanes must merge in heavy traffic, drivers should:
- Take turns ('zipper' merge) — alternate one by one
- Block the other lane
- Stop and wait
- Race for the gap
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Answer: Take turns ('zipper' merge) — alternate one by one
Alternate like a zipper — one car from each lane at a time keeps traffic flowing safely.
5. At night you should drive slowly enough to:
- Match daytime speed
- Save fuel
- Use only parking lights
- Stop within the distance lit by your headlights
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Answer: Stop within the distance lit by your headlights
Never overdrive your headlights — you must be able to stop within the distance you can see.
6. Alcohol reaches your brain and affects driving within:
- A day
- Never
- Minutes
- A week
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Answer: Minutes
Alcohol affects the brain within minutes of drinking.
7. On a road with a solid yellow line on your side of the center, you may:
- Drive in the oncoming lane
- Pass when clear
- Not pass — cross only to turn left into a driveway or road
- Make a U-turn anywhere
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Answer: Not pass — cross only to turn left into a driveway or road
A solid yellow line on your side means no passing; you may cross it only to turn left.
8. Driving while very angry, upset, or stressed:
- Has no effect
- Is only a problem at night
- Impairs judgment and should be avoided until you calm down
- Improves focus
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Answer: Impairs judgment and should be avoided until you calm down
Strong emotions impair judgment like impairment does — calm down before driving.
9. A sign of this shape and color tells you:
- Available services
- A general warning of hazards ahead
- A law you must obey
- Directions and distances
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Answer: A general warning of hazards ahead
Yellow diamond signs are warnings — they alert you to possible hazards ahead. Slow down and use caution.
10. Hazard (four-way) flashers are meant for when your vehicle is:
- Moving fast
- Stopped or disabled and creating a hazard
- Passing
- Turning
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Answer: Stopped or disabled and creating a hazard
Use hazards when stopped or disabled — not during normal driving.
11. You come upon a crash scene ahead. You should:
- Slow down, move over if possible, and watch for people and debris
- Speed by quickly
- Stop in your lane
- Take photos while driving
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Answer: Slow down, move over if possible, and watch for people and debris
Slow down, move over, and watch for injured people, responders, and debris.
12. If your hood suddenly flies up and blocks your view, you should:
- Stop instantly in the lane
- Close your eyes
- Look through the gap or out the side window, slow down, and pull over
- Speed up
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Answer: Look through the gap or out the side window, slow down, and pull over
Peer through the gap under the hood or out the side, slow down, and pull off safely.
13. In a work zone you should watch for and yield to:
- Only cars
- Only trucks
- Workers, equipment, and flaggers directing traffic
- No one
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Answer: Workers, equipment, and flaggers directing traffic
Slow down and obey flaggers; watch for workers and equipment.
14. In a skid, you should look and steer:
- Where you want the car to go
- Down at the pedals
- At the skid
- At oncoming traffic
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Answer: Where you want the car to go
Look and steer toward your intended path to recover from a skid.
15. Driving into low sun glare, if you still can't see well you should:
- Speed through
- Use high beams
- Close one eye
- Slow down and increase following distance
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Answer: Slow down and increase following distance
When glare limits your view, slow down and leave extra space.
16. Pets and passengers in the car should:
- Control the radio only
- Be secured/managed so they don't distract you
- Sit on your lap
- Be allowed to distract you
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Answer: Be secured/managed so they don't distract you
Manage passengers and secure pets so they don't take your attention off driving.
17. When following or passing a motorcycle, you should:
- Pass closely on the right
- Give it a full lane width, just like a car
- Share its lane to save space
- Tailgate to encourage it to speed up
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Answer: Give it a full lane width, just like a car
A motorcycle is entitled to a full lane. Never crowd or share a lane with one.
18. What does this sign tell you to do?
- No left turn
- Turn left only
- Merge left
- Keep to the left of a divider or obstruction
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Answer: Keep to the left of a divider or obstruction
A keep-left sign directs you to pass to the left of a median or obstacle.
19. You may not pass on hills or curves because:
- You cannot see far enough ahead for oncoming traffic
- It wastes fuel
- It is faster to wait
- The road is rough
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Answer: You cannot see far enough ahead for oncoming traffic
On hills and curves you can't see oncoming traffic soon enough to pass safely, so passing is prohibited.
20. What does this sign warn of?
- A detour
- A winding road — a series of curves ahead
- A one-way street
- A racetrack
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Answer: A winding road — a series of curves ahead
This warns of a winding road (several curves). Reduce speed.