Use safety belts — Delaware Permit Test

Use safety belts on the Delaware permit test — 5 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.

The rules

Putting the shoulder belt under your arm or behind you can cause serious injury and, since it is not proper belt use, could get you a ticket.

A belt under the arm presses on the ribs and organs in a crash instead of the strong bones of the shoulder.

Putting the shoulder belt under your arm or behind you can result in serious injury; and, because it is not considered proper safety belt use, could result in a ticket being issued.

Delaware Driver Manual, p.108

If you have an automatic shoulder belt, buckle your lap belt as well, or you could slide out of the belt in a collision.

With only the shoulder belt on, a body can slip down and out under it in a crash.

If you have an automatic shoulder belt, be sure to buckle your lap belt as well.

Delaware Driver Manual, p.108

Besides preventing ejection, safety belts help you keep control of the vehicle by keeping you behind the wheel when you are struck from the side or make a quick turn.

A driver slid across the seat by a side hit can no longer reach the wheel or the brake.

In addition to protecting you from injury as a driver by preventing your ejection from the vehicle, safety belts help you keep control of the vehicle.

Delaware Driver Manual, p.109

Safety belts must be worn even if the vehicle has air bags; the two are designed to work together.

An air bag hitting an unbelted rider who has already slid forward can cause the injury it was meant to stop.

Safety belts must be worn even if the vehicle is equipped with air bags.

Delaware Driver Manual, p.109

Air bags do not protect you if you are hit from the side or rear, or if the vehicle rolls over.

In a rollover the front air bag does nothing to keep you in your seat while the car tumbles.

While air bags are good protection against hitting the steering wheel, dashboard, or windshield, they do not protect you if you are hit from the side or rear, or if the vehicle rolls over.

Delaware Driver Manual, p.109

On the test

In Delaware, what can happen if you wear the shoulder belt behind your back?

You can be hurt and also ticketed. A belt under the arm presses on the ribs and organs in a crash instead of the strong bones of the shoulder. Delaware Driver Manual, p.108: “Putting the shoulder belt under your arm or behind you can result in serious injury; and, because it is not considered proper safety belt use, could result in a ticket being issued.”

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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.