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Delaware Motorcycle: Protective Gear & Helmets practice test
Helmets, eye protection, and abrasion-resistant gear — what the motorcycle handbook requires and why each piece matters in a crash.
Content reviewed against official driver handbooks · August 12, 2026
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1. A 40-year-old has ridden in Delaware with an endorsement for many years. Under the helmet law in the motorcycle manual, what must this rider do about a helmet and eye protection?
Correct answer: Carry an approved helmet and wear approved eye protection
Delaware's helmet law requires every operator and passenger to keep an approved safety helmet with them and to wear approved eye protection. Actually wearing the helmet is mandatory for riders up to age 19.
Source: Delaware Motorcycle Operator Manual — Delaware Helmet Law
2. A pebble kicked up by a truck ahead comes flying toward you. If you have no face protection at all, what does the manual warn could happen?
Correct answer: It could hit your eye, face or mouth
Insects, cigarettes and stones kicked up by traffic regularly strike riders. With a faceshield, the object may smear or crack it; without face protection, it can strike your eyes, face or mouth. Either way, stay focused on the road with both hands on the grips, then stop when it's safe to deal with it.
Source: Delaware Motorcycle Operator Manual — Flying Objects
3. A 17-year-old rides as a passenger behind a 45-year-old who has been endorsed for 20 years. Under the helmet law in Delaware's motorcycle manual, who must wear an approved helmet?
Correct answer: The passenger, because riders up to age 19 must wear one
The law requires anyone 19 or younger who operates or rides on a motorcycle to wear an approved helmet and eye protection, so the teenage passenger must wear one. The veteran operator must carry an approved helmet and wear approved eye protection, but this rule does not make that rider wear the helmet.
Source: Delaware Motorcycle Operator Manual — Delaware Helmet Law
4. You're choosing between foam earplugs and custom-molded hearing protection for riding. What does the manual remind you to do whichever you pick?
Correct answer: Follow your state's laws on hearing protection
The manual supports hearing protection because it lowers wind and engine noise while still letting you pick up horns and sirens, and long exposure can cause lasting hearing damage even under a full-face helmet. Whatever type you choose, it tells you to comply with your state's laws on hearing protection.
Source: Delaware Motorcycle Operator Manual — Clothing
5. You are 30 and riding on a Delaware temporary motorcycle learner's permit. What does the law require you to wear?
Correct answer: A helmet and eye protection that the Office of Highway Safety has approved
Riding on a temporary learner's permit carries its own restrictions, whatever your age. One of them is that you wear a safety helmet and eye protection that the Office of Highway Safety has approved.
Source: Delaware Motorcycle Operator Manual — How to Obtain a Motorcycle Endorsement on a Delaware Driver License
6. Delaware's Additional Riding Course includes about an hour of classroom time. Along with risk management and range rules, what topic does that classroom portion cover?
Correct answer: Riding gear
The manual describes the Additional Riding Course as roughly one hour in the classroom plus six hours of riding. The classroom part covers risk management, riding gear and range rules.
Source: Delaware Motorcycle Operator Manual — Additional Riding Course
7. Before any trip, the manual says a safe rider makes a point of doing four things. Which of these is one of them?
Correct answer: Wearing the right gear
The manual's list of things to do before setting out is: wear the right gear, get familiar with the motorcycle, check its equipment and be a responsible rider. It defines the right gear simply as gear that protects you.
Source: Delaware Motorcycle Operator Manual — Preparing to Ride
8. Delaware's helmet law requires helmets and eye protection approved by whom?
Correct answer: The Office of Highway Safety, acting for the Secretary of Safety and Homeland Security
The manual says the helmet and eye protection must be approved by the state's Secretary of Safety and Homeland Security, with the approval handled through the Office of Highway Safety.
Source: Delaware Motorcycle Operator Manual — Delaware Helmet Law
9. A rider buys goggles with thick frames that block much of the view to each side. Which of the manual's requirements for eye protection do they fail?
Correct answer: Eye protection must leave you a clear view to both sides
The manual says effective eye or face protection must let you see clearly to both sides, along with being free of scratches, resistant to penetration, securely fastened, vented to reduce fogging and roomy enough for glasses. Frames that cut off your side vision fail that test.
Source: Delaware Motorcycle Operator Manual — Eye and Face Protection
10. You sign up for Delaware's Beginner Riding Course but don't own a helmet yet. What does the manual say?
Correct answer: Helmets are available for students who don't have one
The course description says the state supplies training motorcycles and textbooks, and it keeps helmets on hand for students who don't have one of their own.
Source: Delaware Motorcycle Operator Manual — The Beginner Riding Course (BRC)
11. Delaware's helmet law, as printed in the motorcycle manual, requires operators and passengers to actually wear an approved helmet up to what age?
Correct answer: Up to 19 years of age
The manual's statement of Delaware's helmet law says anyone who operates or rides on a motorcycle and is no older than 19 must wear an approved helmet and eye protection. Older riders must still carry an approved helmet and wear approved eye protection.
Source: Delaware Motorcycle Operator Manual — Delaware Helmet Law
12. A rider's goggles fit snugly and fasten securely, but the lenses are badly scratched. Based on the manual's list of what effective eye protection must be, what's the problem?
Correct answer: Effective eye protection has to be free of scratches
The manual lists several requirements for eye or face protection to be effective, and the first is that it be free of scratches. Scratched lenses cut into how clearly you can see the road.
Source: Delaware Motorcycle Operator Manual — Eye and Face Protection
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