No stopping or parking places — Delaware Permit Test

No stopping or parking places on the Delaware permit test — 6 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.

The rules

Delaware's no-stopping and no-parking places apply even if someone is left in the car, unless a sign, a police officer or avoiding a crash says otherwise.

Sitting in the car does not stop it from blocking a hydrant, a crosswalk or a lane.

Unless otherwise posted, ordered to do so by a police officer, or to avoid a crash, you must not stop or park your vehicle in any of the following places even if someone is left in the car:
Delaware Driver Manual, p.92

In Delaware, you must not stop or park where the curb is painted yellow or a yellow line marks the edge of the roadway.

Yellow curbs mark spots where a parked car would block traffic or a view.

Whenever a curb is painted yellow or a yellow line is placed at the edge of a roadway.
Delaware Driver Manual, p.92

In Delaware, you must not stop or park in front of a public or private road, driveway or alley.

A car parked across a driveway traps people in, or forces them to back out blind.

In front of a public or private road, driveway, or alley.
Delaware Driver Manual, p.92

In Delaware, you must not stop or park on the roadway side of any vehicle already stopped or parked at the curb (double parking).

A double-parked car blocks a whole lane and pushes others toward oncoming traffic.

On the roadway side of any vehicle stopped or parked at the curb.
Delaware Driver Manual, p.93

In Delaware, you must not stop or park on a bridge or elevated structure on a highway, or in a tunnel.

There is no shoulder to escape to, so a stopped car on a bridge leaves traffic nowhere to go.

On any bridge or elevated structure on a highway or in a tunnel.
Delaware Driver Manual, p.93

In Delaware, you must not stop or park in the area between the roadways of a divided highway, including the crossovers.

A car sitting in a crossover blocks drivers using it to turn and hides them from traffic.

In the area between roadways of a divided highway, including crossovers.
Delaware Driver Manual, p.93

On the test

May you stop in a no-parking place if a passenger stays in the car?

No, the rule still applies. Sitting in the car does not stop it from blocking a hydrant, a crosswalk or a lane. Delaware Driver Manual, p.92: “Unless otherwise posted, ordered to do so by a police officer, or to avoid a crash, you must not stop or park your vehicle in any of the following places even if someone is left in the car:”

How this works

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You read one law and the reason behind it, then answer a question on that law while it is still fresh. Get it right and you move on; get it wrong and you have found the gap while it is cheap to fix, not on the morning of the exam.

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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.