33.5.9. The depicted road sign indicates:
UAЗображений дорожній знак позначає:
This exam question focuses on road signs and traffic organization, which directly affects safety: the driver must timely understand where the traffic regime changes and where oncoming vehicles may appear. In the traffic rules, it is important not only to recognize the sign, but also to correctly anticipate the consequences for maneuvering, lane selection, and attentiveness before intersections or when entering another road.
The question tests knowledge of the Traffic Rules of Ukraine from section 33 “Road Signs”, group 5 “Information and Direction Signs”, specifically sign 5.6 “End of One-Way Road”. The essence is that the diagonal line on the sign indicates the termination of the previously established regime: if up to this point traffic on the entire width of the road or separated carriageway was only in one direction, after the sign the one-way traffic regime ends, and the driver must be prepared for a different traffic organization.
Analyzing the answer options in the theoretical exam helps to avoid confusing similar situations. The option about reversible traffic refers to lanes where the direction can change to the opposite, and this is a completely different category of signs and conditions. The option about the end of a dedicated lane for route vehicles describes the end of a lane reserved for public transport, not the regime of the entire carriageway. The option about the end of a road with a dividing strip concerns the physical separation of flows and does not mean the end of one-way traffic. Instead, the correct meaning is precisely that the section where vehicles moved only in one direction across the entire width of the carriageway ends (the term “carriageway” is defined in point 1.10 of the Traffic Rules of Ukraine).
Clause 33.5 — 33 "Road Signs", 5 "Informational and Direction Signs", sign 5.6 "End of One-Way Road"
Sign 5.6 indicates the end of a road or a separated carriageway, along the entire width of which vehicle traffic is carried out in only one direction.
Clause 1.10 (term "Carriageway")
Carriageway — an element of the road intended for the movement of non-rail vehicles.
That is, the correct answer is "The end of a road or a separated carriageway, along the entire width of which vehicle traffic is carried out in only one direction," considering that according to the definition in the Traffic Rules, sign 5.6 directly establishes the end of a section (road/separated carriageway) with one-way traffic, and "carriageway" in the Traffic Rules is defined as an element of the road for the movement of non-rail vehicles.
Sign 5.6 from Section 33 of the Traffic Rules of Ukraine is used at the place where the section of the road (or separated carriageway) ends, on which the movement of vehicles was organized in only one direction. That is, before this sign, there was no oncoming traffic allowed across the entire width of the carriageway.
According to the meaning of this sign, the driver should understand that the one-way traffic regime no longer applies beyond this point. In practice, this often means approaching an intersection, entering another road, or transitioning to a section where two-way traffic or another traffic arrangement is possible. Accordingly, the driver needs to assess the road situation in advance and be prepared for the appearance of vehicles from the direction that was previously prohibited due to the one-way traffic.
It is also important to remember the general principle: if any sign is crossed out with diagonal lines, this indicates the termination of the previously established regime that was introduced by a similar sign without the crossing. In this case, the crossing precisely informs about the end of the one-way traffic organization on this road or separated carriageway.
Therefore, the correct answer is "End of the road or separated carriageway along the entire width of which vehicle movement is carried out in only one direction," since sign 5.6 according to the Traffic Rules indicates the end of the one-way traffic section and cancels the previously established one-way traffic regime across the entire width of the carriageway.