Pedestrian driver responsibility — Delaware Permit Test

In Delaware, you may proceed with caution if a pedestrian is standing or stopped safely on the sidewalk.

Waiting for every person who stands near a curb would stall traffic for no reason.

You may proceed with caution if a pedestrian is standing/stopped safely on the sidewalk as required by law.

Delaware says sounding your horn is not a substitute for yielding to pedestrians.

A tap of the horn does not move a person out of the road, and a driver who keeps going can still hit them.

Sounding the horn is not considered a substitute for yielding to pedestrians.

Delaware drivers must yield to pedestrians who use canes, crutches, walkers, guide dogs or service animals, wheelchairs, or motorized scooters.

A person on crutches cannot jump back from a car that keeps coming, and may not hear it at all.

Drivers should be alert for individuals and must yield the right-of-way to pedestrians who are hearing impaired or have physical disabilities that require use of canes, crutches, walkers, guide dogs/service animals, wheelchairs, or motorized scooters.

In Delaware you must not drive through a pedestrian safety zone or block a crosswalk.

A car stopped across the crosswalk pushes walkers out into moving traffic to get around it.

You must not drive through a pedestrian safety zone or block a crosswalk.

A pedestrian is standing still on the sidewalk at a crosswalk. What may you do?

Go on through, with caution. Waiting for every person who stands near a curb would stall traffic for no reason. Delaware Driver Manual, p.94: “You may proceed with caution if a pedestrian is standing/stopped safely on the sidewalk as required by law.”