Trip planning tips — Delaware Permit Test
Trip planning tips 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 cut down on driving, plan and combine your trips so you go to as many places as possible on one trip.
Three separate trips to three stores mean three times the traffic, fuel and wear.
Plan and then combine your trips.
Avoid driving in heavy traffic when you can; it causes extra wear and tear on you and the vehicle.
Stop-and-go traffic wears out brakes and nerves far faster than an open road.
Avoid driving during heavy traffic, it causes extra wear and tear on you and the vehicle.
Call ahead to make sure a place has what you need, or that what you are picking up is ready.
Driving across town to find an order not ready means a second trip for the same errand.
Call ahead to make sure that they have what you need or that what you are picking up is ready.
On the test
What does the Delaware manual suggest to cut down the number of trips you take?
Plan and combine several errands. Three separate trips to three stores mean three times the traffic, fuel and wear. Delaware Driver Manual, p.105: “Plan and then combine your trips.”
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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)