Hand held device law — Delaware Permit Test

Delaware bans hand-held cell phone use and texting while driving; a driver without a GDL who wants to talk on the phone must use a hands-free device, and a GDL driver may not use one at all.

A driver holding a phone to one ear steers with one hand and watches the call, not the road.

Those who wish to talk on their cell phone while driving must use a hands-free device.

In Delaware a driver may dial a number or turn the wireless equipment on or off, and then must put the device down.

A phone kept in hand after dialing ends up being read, scrolled and held for the whole trip.

Drivers are permitted to dial a phone number or to activate/deactivate their wireless equipment, and then they must put the device down.

Delaware also bans pagers, PDAs, laptops, games, portable computers and other hand-held electronic devices while driving.

A game or laptop on the driver's lap pulls the eyes down as surely as a phone does.

Delaware has also banned the use of pagers, PDAs, BlackBerry devices, laptops, games or portable computers, two-way communication devices, and any other hand-held electronic communication devices, while driving.

Anyone reporting an emergency is exempt from Delaware's hand-held device ban.

A driver who sees a crash ahead should not have to wait miles to call for help.

Delaware’s law prohibits the use of hand-held cell phones and texting while driving.

A person driving a farm tractor, a non-registered farm truck or farm equipment is exempt from Delaware's hand-held device ban.

Slow farm machines working a field road are treated apart from cars in traffic.

Delaware’s law prohibits the use of hand-held cell phones and texting while driving.

In Delaware, how may a driver without a GDL talk on a cell phone while driving?

With a hands-free device. A driver holding a phone to one ear steers with one hand and watches the call, not the road. Delaware Driver Manual, p.81: “Those who wish to talk on their cell phone while driving must use a hands-free device.”