Additional equipment — Delaware Permit Test
Additional equipment on the Delaware permit test — 4 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
Up to two spotlights may be mounted, and no part of the intense beam may be aimed to the left of, or more than 100 feet ahead of, the vehicle.
A spotlight swung to the left shines straight into the eyes of oncoming drivers.
No part of the intense beam shall be aimed to left of nor more than 100 feet ahead of vehicle.
Two white or yellow fog lights may be mounted on the front, between 12 and 30 inches above the ground.
Fog lights mounted high bounce light off the fog back into the driver's eyes.
Two (white or yellow) may be mounted on front of vehicle at a height of not less than 12 inches nor more than 30 inches above the ground.
Back-up lights may be mounted on the rear to light the way for backing, in any color from white to amber.
A red back-up light would look like a brake light, so the driver behind would not know you were backing toward him.
These may be any color from white to amber.
Apart from factory-equipped lights, marker lamps and turn signal lamps, colored lights are permitted only on emergency vehicles.
A private car with colored lights can be mistaken for a police car or ambulance, and drivers pull over for no reason.
Such lights are permitted only on emergency vehicles.
On the test
How far ahead of the vehicle may a spotlight's intense beam be aimed?
No more than 100 feet. A spotlight swung to the left shines straight into the eyes of oncoming drivers. Delaware Driver Manual, p.61: “No part of the intense beam shall be aimed to left of nor more than 100 feet ahead of vehicle.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Delaware Driver Manual, published by the Delaware Division of Motor Vehicles, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-05.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/DE.pdf (Delaware Driver Manual, July 2026, Delaware Division of Motor Vehicles, retrieved 2026-09-14; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/DE.pages.txt (scripts/de-text.sh: plain pdftotext cropped to keep the section tab out, physical 47 under -layout; the fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/DE-exam.html (Delaware Division of Motor Vehicles, Driver's License Exam, https://dmv.de.gov/DriverServices/drivers_license/index.shtml?dc=dr_lic_written, read 2026-10-05; states both exam figures; sha256 pinned under examSource)
- https://dmv.de.gov/menu/forms_manuals.shtml (read 2026-10-05; links the manual)
- https://dmv.de.gov/DriverServices/faqs/index.shtml?dc=dr_faq_general (read 2026-10-05; its 30 and 24 are the exam page's figures before 2024-12, per the Internet Archive)