Restricted license — Delaware Permit Test
Restricted license on the Delaware permit test — 3 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
A Delaware driver with a disability may be given a restricted license that allows driving only when the driver, the vehicle, or both have the specified equipment.
A driver who needs hand controls could otherwise drive a car without them.
Special examinations are required by the Division in such cases, and a license with restrictions may be issued to you allowing you to drive only when you, your vehicle, or both are fitted with the specified equipment.
A common restricted license requires the driver to wear glasses when driving or limits them to daylight driving only.
A driver who needs glasses but leaves them off cannot read signs in time to obey them.
A common example of a restricted license is one which requires you to wear glasses when driving or to restrict you to daylight driving only.
A driver with a restricted license who drives without the required equipment can be arrested and may have the license suspended.
A restriction no one enforces is one a driver will skip when in a hurry.
If you drive without the required equipment, you are subject to arrest and your driver license may be suspended.
On the test
When may a driver with an equipment-restricted license drive?
Only when the named equipment is in use. A driver who needs hand controls could otherwise drive a car without them. Delaware Driver Manual, p.32: “Special examinations are required by the Division in such cases, and a license with restrictions may be issued to you allowing you to drive only when you, your vehicle, or both are fitted with the specified equipment.”
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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)