Steady red light — Delaware Permit Test
Steady red light on the Delaware permit test — 3 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
At a steady red light in Delaware, stop at the stop line; if there is none, before the crosswalk; and if there is neither, before entering the intersection.
A car that rolls past the edge of the intersection sits in the path of cross traffic.
You must stop at the stop line, before the crosswalk, or before entering the intersection should no stop line or crosswalk be present.
In Delaware you may turn right on a steady red light after a full stop, unless a posted sign or a steady red arrow prohibits it.
A driver who turns right without stopping can hit a walker or a car they never looked for.
Right turns on red are permissible after full stop, except when prohibited by a posted sign or a steady red arrow is displayed.
In Delaware a left turn on a steady red light is allowed after a full stop only from a one-way street onto another one-way street, unless a sign or a steady red arrow prohibits it.
A left on red onto a two-way street turns you across lanes of oncoming cars.
Left turns on red are permissible after full stop from a one-way street to another one-way street unless prohibited by a posted sign or a steady red arrow is displayed.
On the test
At a steady red light with no stop line and no crosswalk, where must you stop?
Before entering the intersection. A car that rolls past the edge of the intersection sits in the path of cross traffic. Delaware Driver Manual, p.69: “You must stop at the stop line, before the crosswalk, or before entering the intersection should no stop line or crosswalk be present.”
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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)