If you drink when can you drive — Delaware Permit Test

If you drink when can you drive on the Delaware permit test — 4 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.

The rules

Alcohol goes from your stomach into your blood and reaches your brain in 20 to 40 minutes.

A driver who feels fine when leaving the bar may be impaired a few miles down the road.

It reaches your brain in 20 to 40 minutes.

Delaware Driver Manual, p.51

Alcohol affects the parts of your brain that control judgment, so you do not know when you have had too much to drink until it is too late.

The same judgment a driver needs to decide to stop drinking is the first thing alcohol takes away.

You do not know when you have had too much to drink until it is too late.

Delaware Driver Manual, p.51

Even one drink can affect your driving, and with two or more drinks in your bloodstream you are impaired and could be arrested.

A driver who stops at two beers thinking they are safe is already impaired.

With two or more drinks in your bloodstream you are impaired and could be arrested.

Delaware Driver Manual, p.51

There is no way to sober up quickly; coffee, fresh air, exercise, or cold showers will not help, and time is the only thing that will sober you up.

A driver who drinks coffee and gets behind the wheel is a wide-awake drunk driver.

Time is the only thing that will sober you up.

Delaware Driver Manual, p.52

On the test

How soon after drinking does alcohol reach your brain?

20 to 40 minutes. A driver who feels fine when leaving the bar may be impaired a few miles down the road. Delaware Driver Manual, p.51: “It reaches your brain in 20 to 40 minutes.”

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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.