Emotions and driving — Delaware Permit Test
Emotions and driving on the Delaware permit test — 3 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
If you are angry or excited, Delaware's manual says to give yourself time to cool off, and stay off the road until you have calmed down.
An angry driver tailgates, speeds and takes chances that a calm one would not.
If you are angry or excited, give yourself time to cool off.
If you are worried, feeling down, or upset, Delaware's manual says to try to keep your mind on your driving; some find the radio helps.
A driver lost in a worry can roll through a stop sign without ever seeing it.
If you are worried, feeling down, or are upset about something, try to keep your mind on your driving.
If you are impatient, Delaware's manual says to give yourself extra time for your trip and leave a few minutes early, so you are not tempted to speed.
A driver who is running late speeds and squeezes through gaps that a driver with time to spare would let go.
If you are impatient, give yourself extra time for your driving trip.
On the test
If you are angry, what does the manual say to do about driving?
Stay off the road until you calm down. An angry driver tailgates, speeds and takes chances that a calm one would not. Delaware Driver Manual, p.135: “If you are angry or excited, give yourself time to cool off.”
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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)