Delaware Road Signs Test (2026)
Every road sign on the Delaware exam, with what it means. Free and unlimited.
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What this test covers
This draw of 40 questions breaks down like this:
- Traffic Signs & Signals — 17
- Right-of-Way & Intersections — 8
- Sharing the Road — 5
- Traffic Lanes, Passing & Turning — 3
- Safe Driving — 2
- Signaling & Communication — 2
- Adverse Conditions — 1
- Emergencies & Crashes — 1
- Speed Limits & Speed Management — 1
Heaviest on Traffic Signs & Signals (17 of 40) — that is the section to revise first if you miss several here.
3 are Delaware-specific questions, drawn from the state handbook rather than general road rules.
Each test on this site draws a different set, so Test 1, 2 and 3 never repeat a question.
Questions on this test
1. You are already in an intersection when an emergency vehicle approaches with its siren on. You should:
- Stop right where you are
- Clear the intersection, then pull to the right and stop
- Reverse out of the intersection
- Speed up and keep going
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Answer: Clear the intersection, then pull to the right and stop
Never stop in an intersection — clear it first, then pull to the right edge and stop.
2. If your right wheels drift onto the shoulder, you should:
- Ease off the gas and steer back gently when it's safe
- Speed up
- Jerk the wheel back onto the road
- Brake hard
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Answer: Ease off the gas and steer back gently when it's safe
Don't jerk the wheel — slow down and steer back onto the pavement smoothly.
3. What does this sign mean?
- No left turn
- No U-turn
- Do not enter
- No right turn
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Answer: No left turn
This sign prohibits left turns.
4. Before pulling back in after passing, make sure you can see the passed vehicle:
- In your side window
- In your blind spot
- In your rearview mirror
- Nowhere
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Answer: In your rearview mirror
Return only when the passed vehicle is visible in your rearview mirror.
5. Inside a roundabout, vehicles already circulating have:
- To yield to you
- To stop
- The right-of-way
- No rights
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Answer: The right-of-way
Yield to vehicles already in the roundabout before you enter.
6. A 'DO NOT ENTER' sign means:
- Do not enter — you are facing traffic coming toward you
- Enter slowly
- Yield before entering
- Enter only to turn right
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Answer: Do not enter — you are facing traffic coming toward you
Do Not Enter means the roadway is closed to you; entering would put you against oncoming traffic.
7. What does this sign warn of?
- A truck stop
- A bump
- A steep downgrade (hill) ahead
- A parking garage
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Answer: A steep downgrade (hill) ahead
This warns of a steep hill/downgrade ahead — control your speed and gear.
8. What does this sign tell you to do?
- No left turn
- Turn left only
- Merge left
- Keep to the left of a divider or obstruction
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Answer: Keep to the left of a divider or obstruction
A keep-left sign directs you to pass to the left of a median or obstacle.
9. A steady red arrow means:
- Turn in that direction after stopping
- You may not turn in the direction of the arrow — wait
- Proceed with caution
- Yield to pedestrians, then turn
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Answer: You may not turn in the direction of the arrow — wait
A red arrow means you must stop and may not make that movement until it changes.
10. A flashing red traffic light means:
- Yield to the left only
- Stop, then proceed when safe — treat it like a stop sign
- The signal is broken — proceed normally
- Slow down but do not stop
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Answer: Stop, then proceed when safe — treat it like a stop sign
Flashing red = treat it exactly like a stop sign: full stop, then go when it's safe.
11. What does this sign warn of?
- A bike shop
- No bicycles
- A bike lane ends
- A bicycle crossing ahead — watch for cyclists
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Answer: A bicycle crossing ahead — watch for cyclists
A bicycle-crossing sign warns cyclists may cross the road ahead.
12. A left arm extended straight out means:
- Go
- Left turn
- Right turn
- Stop
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Answer: Left turn
Arm straight out = left turn.
13. You are turning left at an intersection with a steady green light. You must:
- Turn immediately — you have the green
- Sound your horn and turn
- Yield to oncoming traffic and pedestrians, then turn when safe
- Stop and wait for a green arrow
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Answer: Yield to oncoming traffic and pedestrians, then turn when safe
A green light lets you turn left only after yielding to oncoming traffic and pedestrians.
14. What does this sign warn of?
- A rest stop
- A right turn only
- A merge
- A side road entering from the right
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Answer: A side road entering from the right
A side-road sign warns that another road joins from the right; watch for vehicles entering.
15. As you exit a parking lot across a sidewalk, a pedestrian is walking on the sidewalk. You must:
- Speed across quickly
- Honk and continue
- Proceed — sidewalk users must yield to cars
- Yield to the pedestrian before crossing the sidewalk
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Answer: Yield to the pedestrian before crossing the sidewalk
Vehicles crossing a sidewalk must yield to pedestrians already on it.
16. When another driver is trying to pass you, you should:
- Speed up
- Brake hard
- Maintain speed or slow slightly and stay right
- Move left
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Answer: Maintain speed or slow slightly and stay right
Help them pass: keep right and don't speed up.
17. When an emergency vehicle approaches with lights and siren, you should:
- Pull to the right and stop until it passes
- Speed up
- Stop in place
- Turn left
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Answer: Pull to the right and stop until it passes
Pull right and stop until it passes.
18. Texting/hand-held phone use while driving in Delaware is:
- Legal
- Illegal and dangerous
- Legal on highways
- Fine at stops
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Answer: Illegal and dangerous
Hand-held phone use/texting while driving is illegal and dangerous.
19. What does this sign mean?
- No passing
- A lane is being added — you may not need to merge
- Right lane ends
- The road ends
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Answer: A lane is being added — you may not need to merge
An added-lane sign means a lane is joining; the added traffic doesn't have to merge immediately.
20. You should slow down before, not during, a curve because:
- Braking hard in a curve can cause a skid
- It looks better
- It saves gas
- The limit requires it
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Answer: Braking hard in a curve can cause a skid
Brake before the curve; braking or accelerating hard mid-curve can break traction.
21. You are driving and see this red sign facing you. It means:
- Yield
- Continue
- Speed up
- You are going the wrong way — do not proceed; turn around
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Answer: You are going the wrong way — do not proceed; turn around
A red 'Wrong Way' sign means you're headed against traffic — stop and turn around safely.
22. At a four-way stop, you should proceed:
- Whenever you want
- After honking
- Only if biggest
- In the order vehicles arrived and stopped
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Answer: In the order vehicles arrived and stopped
Go in arrival order; if you tie, the driver on the right goes first.
23. What does this sign mean?
- Road ends
- Merging traffic — be ready to adjust
- No passing
- Added lane
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Answer: Merging traffic — be ready to adjust
A merge sign warns that another roadway is joining yours; adjust speed/position to merge safely.
24. What does this sign mean?
- Trucks are not allowed on this road
- Truck route
- Truck parking
- Weigh station
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Answer: Trucks are not allowed on this road
A truck with a red slash means trucks are prohibited on that road.
25. What does this sign mean?
- No U-turn
- Stop
- Yield
- Do not enter
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Answer: Yield
A downward triangle is a YIELD sign — slow down and give the right-of-way; stop if needed.
26. When roads are wet, you should increase your following distance to:
- The same 3-4 seconds
- More than the normal 3-4 seconds
- Zero
- 1 second
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Answer: More than the normal 3-4 seconds
Wet roads lengthen stopping distance — leave more than the normal following gap.
27. What does this hand signal mean?
- Left turn
- Stop or slow down
- Speed up
- Right turn
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Answer: Stop or slow down
Left arm bent downward = stop or slow down.
28. A center lane marked with a solid yellow line and a dashed yellow line on each side is used for:
- Parking
- Making left turns only (from either direction)
- Through driving
- Passing slower traffic
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Answer: Making left turns only (from either direction)
This is a two-way left-turn lane — used only to make left turns from either direction, never for through travel or passing.
29. What does this blue sign with a wheelchair symbol indicate?
- A bus stop
- Parking reserved for people with disabilities
- A hospital
- A ramp
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Answer: Parking reserved for people with disabilities
The blue wheelchair sign marks disabled parking — a valid permit is required.
30. In a highway work zone, you should:
- Speed up to get through
- Ignore the cones
- Change lanes rapidly
- Slow down, obey the posted work-zone limit, and watch for workers
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Answer: Slow down, obey the posted work-zone limit, and watch for workers
Slow down, follow the reduced limit, merge early, and watch for workers and equipment.
31. People with disabilities, seniors, and children may:
- Cross only at lights
- Need extra time to cross — be patient and yield
- Be ignored
- Always move fast
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Answer: Need extra time to cross — be patient and yield
Give vulnerable pedestrians extra time and space to cross.
32. An emergency vehicle is approaching with lights and siren on. You should:
- Continue at the same speed
- Stop immediately in your lane
- Pull over to the right edge of the road and stop until it passes
- Speed up to clear the intersection
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Answer: Pull over to the right edge of the road and stop until it passes
Pull to the right edge and stop until the emergency vehicle has passed.
33. Following too closely behind a large truck is dangerous because:
- You can't see ahead and you're in its rear blind spot
- It's loud
- It uses fuel
- It's slow
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Answer: You can't see ahead and you're in its rear blind spot
Tailgating a truck blocks your view and puts you in its rear No-Zone.
34. A blue sign with a wheelchair symbol reserves parking for:
- People with a disabled parking permit
- Delivery trucks
- Buses
- Anyone
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Answer: People with a disabled parking permit
Blue wheelchair signs reserve parking for permit holders.
35. A pedestrian is in a crosswalk as you approach. You must:
- Yield the right-of-way to the pedestrian
- Proceed if you get there first
- Honk so they hurry
- Only stop if a signal tells you to
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Answer: Yield the right-of-way to the pedestrian
Drivers must always yield the right-of-way to pedestrians in a crosswalk.
36. A blue sign with a fork-and-knife or bed symbol indicates:
- A rest stop closed
- A warning
- A hospital only
- Food or lodging services nearby
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Answer: Food or lodging services nearby
Blue service signs use symbols for food, lodging, gas, and other services.
37. This sign, posted on the left side of the road, marks:
- A one-way street
- A truck route
- A picnic area
- A no-passing zone
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Answer: A no-passing zone
The yellow pennant is the No Passing Zone sign, posted on the left where passing is prohibited.
38. On a divided highway, an emergency vehicle approaches from behind on your side. You should:
- Pull to the right and stop until it passes
- Cross the median
- Stop in the left lane
- Speed up
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Answer: Pull to the right and stop until it passes
Pull to the right edge and stop; don't cross a median.
39. Keeping a space cushion around your car is important because it:
- Is required by law only
- Saves fuel
- Gives you time and room to avoid trouble
- Looks good
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Answer: Gives you time and room to avoid trouble
Space in front, back, and to the sides gives you options to avoid a crash.
40. The best place to be around a large truck is:
- Where you can see the driver's mirrors
- Right beside the cab
- In front, braking
- Directly behind it
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Answer: Where you can see the driver's mirrors
If you can see the mirrors, the driver can see you. Avoid the No-Zones.
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