Point program actions — Delaware Permit Test
Point program actions on the Delaware permit test — 6 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
When a Delaware driver reaches 8 calculated points, the Division of Motor Vehicles sends the driver an advisory letter.
An early warning gives a driver the chance to slow down before the penalties get serious.
8 The Division of Motor Vehicles sends the driver an advisory letter.
At 12 calculated points, a Delaware driver must complete a behavior modification/attitudinal-driving course within 90 days after notification, unless the DMV extends it.
A class that makes a driver face their own habits can stop the next ticket, or the next crash.
12 Driver must complete a behavior modification/attitudinal-driving course within 90 days after notification (unless extended by DMV).
A Delaware driver at 12 points who fails to complete the required course, or prefers not to, receives a mandatory 2-month suspension.
Without a penalty for skipping it, a driver could ignore the course and keep driving the same way.
Failure to comply or upon preference of the driver, mandatory 2-month suspension will be imposed.
At 14 calculated points, Delaware imposes a mandatory 4-month license suspension.
A driver who keeps adding points after the course has shown the warning did not work.
14 Mandatory 4-month license suspension.
At 22 calculated points, Delaware imposes a mandatory 12-month license suspension.
A driver with that many points has been warned, trained and suspended and is still a danger.
22 Mandatory 12-month license suspension.
To be reinstated after a points suspension in Delaware, the driver must complete, or have completed, a behavior modification/attitudinal-driving course within the previous two years.
Handing a license back with no training sends the same habits back onto the road.
To become eligible for reinstatement, the driver must complete or have completed a behavior modification/attitudinal-driving course within the previous two years, as of the time of reinstatement.
On the test
What does Delaware DMV do when a driver reaches 8 calculated points?
Sends the driver an advisory letter. An early warning gives a driver the chance to slow down before the penalties get serious. Delaware Driver Manual, p.47: “8 The Division of Motor Vehicles sends the driver an advisory letter.”
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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.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/DE.pdf (Delaware Driver Manual, July 2026, Delaware Division of Motor Vehicles, retrieved 2026-09-14; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/DE.pages.txt (scripts/de-text.sh: plain pdftotext cropped to keep the section tab out, physical 47 under -layout; the fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/DE-exam.html (Delaware Division of Motor Vehicles, Driver's License Exam, https://dmv.de.gov/DriverServices/drivers_license/index.shtml?dc=dr_lic_written, read 2026-10-05; states both exam figures; sha256 pinned under examSource)
- https://dmv.de.gov/menu/forms_manuals.shtml (read 2026-10-05; links the manual)
- https://dmv.de.gov/DriverServices/faqs/index.shtml?dc=dr_faq_general (read 2026-10-05; its 30 and 24 are the exam page's figures before 2024-12, per the Internet Archive)