Bicycle stop signs — Delaware Permit Test

In Delaware, at a stop sign on a minor road where no vehicle is already stopped, a bicyclist may yield after carefully looking for other vehicles instead of coming to a full stop.

A driver who expects every bike to stop dead at a sign may be surprised to see one roll through slowly.

Bicyclists are now allowed to yield at stop signs, after carefully looking for other vehicles and no longer required to stop.

A Delaware bicyclist must still come to a full stop at a stop sign where it meets a major road of 3 or more travel lanes.

A bike rolling into a wide, busy road has too many lanes of cars to judge on the move.

You must stop at all stop signs located at intersections with major (3 travel lanes or more) roads; or if a motor vehicle is stopped at the stop sign you are approaching; or if required for safety because of heavy traffic.

A Delaware bicyclist must come to a full stop at a stop sign if a motor vehicle is already stopped at that sign.

A bike that rolls past a stopped car at the sign can be hit when that car pulls out.

You must stop at all stop signs located at intersections with major (3 travel lanes or more) roads; or if a motor vehicle is stopped at the stop sign you are approaching; or if required for safety because of heavy traffic.

At a stop sign on a minor road with no car stopped there, what may a Delaware bicyclist do after carefully looking for traffic?

Treat it as a yield sign. A driver who expects every bike to stop dead at a sign may be surprised to see one roll through slowly. Delaware Driver Manual, p.96: “Bicyclists are now allowed to yield at stop signs, after carefully looking for other vehicles and no longer required to stop.”