33.3.51. The depicted road sign prohibits:
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This exam question from the Traffic Rules of Ukraine concerns road safety during overtaking and passing. Overtaking is one of the most risky maneuvers, as it involves entering the oncoming traffic lane, so prohibitory road signs in this context are critically important for preventing head-on collisions and dangerous situations in areas with limited visibility.
The task tests knowledge of Section 33 of the Traffic Rules, specifically prohibitory signs (sign 3.25 "Overtaking prohibited"), which often appears on the theoretical exam. According to the Traffic Rules, this sign prohibits overtaking for almost all vehicles, but contains a clear exception: overtaking is allowed only for single vehicles moving slower than 30 km/h ("single" means not a convoy, but an individual vehicle, a road train, or a vehicle towing another in coupling).
That is why the option with the 30 km/h threshold matches the wording of the Traffic Rules and is correct, while the 40 km/h limit is fictitious and not provided for by the rules. The option about an exception for bicycles and horse-drawn carts is also incorrect, because sign 3.25 does not make such categorical exceptions, but ties the permission only to a single vehicle and a speed of less than 30 km/h. The statement about the prohibition applying only to trucks and tractors is also incorrect, since the sign applies to overtaking all vehicles (with the specified exception), not just certain types.
Clause 33.3 — 33 "Road Signs", 3 "Prohibitory Signs", sign 3.25 "Overtaking Prohibited"
Sign 3.25 "Overtaking Prohibited" prohibits overtaking of all vehicles, except for single vehicles moving at a speed of less than 30 km/h (single vehicles are considered to be individual vehicles, road trains, as well as a vehicle towing another vehicle, coupled with the towed vehicle).
Clause 1.10 (term "Overtaking")
Overtaking — passing one or more vehicles involving entry into the oncoming traffic lane.
Therefore, the correct answer is "Overtaking of all vehicles, except for single vehicles moving at a speed of less than 30 km/h," given that according to the definition in the Traffic Rules, sign 3.25 directly establishes such a prohibition on overtaking (with the exception for single vehicles moving slower than 30 km/h).
The depicted sign belongs to the category of prohibitory signs and is called "Overtaking prohibited" (sign 3.25). Its meaning is not a general prohibition of any passing, but specifically a prohibition on overtaking, that is, moving into the oncoming traffic lane (or another lane, if related to overtaking) in order to pass a vehicle ahead.
With this sign, the driver is prohibited from overtaking almost all vehicles moving ahead. At the same time, the Rules provide an exception: overtaking is allowed for single vehicles moving slowly, namely at a speed of less than 30 km/h. "Single" means that it is not a convoy, but one vehicle (for example, a single truck, road train, or a car towing another vehicle).
In practice, this looks as follows: if there is one tractor or one truck ahead moving very slowly (less than 30 km/h), overtaking is allowed under this sign. But if there is an ordinary car, bus, or truck moving faster ahead, or if there are several vehicles in a row (a convoy), overtaking is prohibited.
Therefore, the correct answer is "Overtaking all vehicles, except single ones moving at less than 30 km/h," since sign 3.25 prohibits overtaking, leaving an exception only for single vehicles moving slower than 30 km/h.