Mandatory revocations — Delaware Permit Test

Mandatory revocations on the Delaware permit test — 4 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.

The rules

In Delaware, three convictions for reckless driving in a period of 12 consecutive months bring a mandatory revocation.

A driver who keeps driving recklessly month after month will sooner or later hurt someone.

Three convictions for reckless driving in a period of 12 consecutive months.

Delaware Driver Manual, p.45

In Delaware, attempting to flee from a police officer after receiving a visual or audible signal to stop brings a mandatory revocation.

A car fleeing police at high speed puts everyone on the road in its path at risk.

Attempting to flee from a police officer after having received a visual or audible signal to stop your vehicle.

Delaware Driver Manual, p.45

In Delaware, hit-and-run driving that involves death or injury to another person brings a mandatory revocation.

A driver who leaves an injured person at the roadside may cost that person the help that would save them.

Hit-and-run driving involving death or injury to another person.

Delaware Driver Manual, p.45

In Delaware, if you post a bond after being arrested for a mandatory-revocation offense and do not appear in court, your license is revoked just as if you had been convicted.

Without this rule, a driver could dodge the revocation simply by skipping their court date.

If you post a bond after being arrested for any of the causes listed above, and you do not appear in court, your license shall be revoked just as if you had been convicted.

Delaware Driver Manual, p.45

On the test

How many reckless driving convictions in 12 consecutive months bring a mandatory revocation in Delaware?

3 convictions. A driver who keeps driving recklessly month after month will sooner or later hurt someone. Delaware Driver Manual, p.45: “Three convictions for reckless driving in a period of 12 consecutive months.”

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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.