Lane Changes in Delaware

Question: Can it be legal to lane change across a solid yellow line? Normally a lane change across a solid yellow pavement line marking would result in an illegal/hazardous driving condition. However, as seen in the picture above, a lane change across a solid yellow pavement line marking is a required legal maneuver when the […]

Turning Right to Go Home

Turning right across a single solid white pavement line marking is generally illegal and substantially dangerous. However, there is a major exception to the right-turn across this pavement line marking. Allowed to go home! Yes, turning into a driveway and/or a facility such as a shopping complex while executing a right- turn across a solid […]

HOV Lanes

HOV (high occupancy vehicle) lanes usually shows a double solid white pavement line marking separating same direction traffic. Additionally, there is displayed a white diamond painted at the lane immediately to the left of the double solid white line marking. The white diamond indicates the traffic lane where it is located in HOV lane requiring […]

Yellow and White Pavement Lines

In the picture, above Delaware motorists are again faced with an inaccuracy in the critical area of pavement line markings. Take a quick look and see if you can locate the pavement line marking inaccuracy in the city of Wilmington roadway before proceeding to picture #13-19 which shows the corrected markings. Take one more look […]

Delaware Roads – Pavement Line Markings

Delaware Road Pavement Line Markings QUESTION:  A single solid white line is identified in Delaware Law as meaning what? THE ANSWER: Delaware Law does not have any identification of the meaning of a solid white line. In fact, Delaware Law does not identify the meaning of any PAVEMENT LINE MARKINGS be it YELLOW or WHITE. […]