Space behind — Delaware Permit Test
Space behind on the Delaware permit test — 3 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
To parallel park in Delaware with traffic coming behind you, put on your turn signal, pull next to the space, and let following vehicles pass before you park.
Stopping short to back in with cars right behind invites a rear-end crash from a driver who did not see why you stopped.
If you want to parallel park and there is traffic coming behind you, put on your turn signal, pull next to the space, and allow following vehicles to pass before you park.
If you are being tailgated and there is a right lane, Delaware's manual says to move over to the right.
Staying in front of a tailgater keeps a car inches from your bumper for mile after mile.
If you are being followed too closely and there is a right lane, move over to the right.
If you are tailgated with no right lane, Delaware's manual says to wait until the road ahead is clear and then reduce speed slowly; never slow down quickly to discourage a tailgater.
Braking hard to scare off a tailgater is the surest way to be hit from behind.
If there is no right lane, wait until the road ahead is clear then reduce speed slowly.
On the test
You want to parallel park and traffic is coming behind you. What should you do?
Signal, pull next to the space, let them pass. Stopping short to back in with cars right behind invites a rear-end crash from a driver who did not see why you stopped. Delaware Driver Manual, p.129: “If you want to parallel park and there is traffic coming behind you, put on your turn signal, pull next to the space, and allow following vehicles to pass before you park.”
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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)