33.7.9. With which road sign is the depicted supplementary plate installed?
UAЗ яким дорожнім знаком встановлюється зображена табличка?
This is an exam question from the Traffic Rules of Ukraine concerning road signs and supplementary plates that warn drivers in advance about upcoming road conditions. Proper understanding of such combinations directly affects road safety: the driver has time to assess the situation, reduce speed, and prepare to yield or come to a complete stop before an intersection, especially outside populated areas.
The question tests knowledge of Section 33 of the Traffic Rules, specifically plate 7.1.2 "Distance to the object" (item 33.7) and priority signs (item 33.2). According to the definition in the Traffic Rules, plate 7.1.2 indicates the distance from the location of the sign to the object or to the place where the requirement will apply/another sign will be installed. It is highly specialized and is used outside populated areas specifically with signs 2.1 "Yield" and 2.2 "No entry without stopping," so it is important to know exactly which signs it is permitted with for the theoretical exam.
The analysis of the options comes down to the fact that linking plate 7.1.2 to only one of the given signs is incomplete: options that specify only one sign do not correspond to the current wording of the Traffic Rules. Instead, the combination with both signs is correct: with sign 2.1, the plate specifies the distance to the intersection where yielding is required, and with sign 2.2, it warns that the mandatory stop requirement will be performed not "here and now," but before the intersection (or stop line) at the indicated distance. This understanding helps avoid premature stops and properly prepare for intersections in practice.
Clause 33.7 — 33 "Road signs", 7 "Plates to road signs", plate 7.1.2 "Distance to the object"
Plate 7.1.2 "Distance to the object" — indicates the distance from the sign to the object (place) to which the sign applies, or to the place where another sign is installed. It is used (outside populated areas) with priority signs 2.1 "Give way" and 2.2 "No entry without stopping" to indicate the distance to the intersection (place) before which the corresponding sign/requirement will be installed (or will apply).
Clause 33.2 — 33 "Road signs", 2 "Priority signs", sign 2.1 "Give way"
Sign 2.1 "Give way" — obliges the driver to give way to vehicles moving on the intersecting road, and if plate 7.8 "Direction of the main road" is present — to vehicles moving on the main road.
Clause 33.2 — 33 "Road signs", 2 "Priority signs", sign 2.2 "No entry without stopping"
Sign 2.2 "No entry without stopping" — prohibits passing without stopping before marking 1.12 (stop line), and if it is absent — before the sign; the driver must give way to vehicles moving on the intersecting road, and if plate 7.8 "Direction of the main road" is present — to vehicles moving on the main road. If sign 2.2 is not installed directly before the intersection, it must be preceded by sign 2.1 "Give way" with plate 7.1.2 "Distance to the object".
That is, the correct answer is "With signs 1 and 2.", given that according to the definition of the Traffic Rules, plate 7.1.2 "Distance to the object" is used (outside populated areas) with priority signs 2.1 "Give way" and 2.2 "No entry without stopping" to indicate the distance to the place where the corresponding requirement arises.
Plate 7.1.2 “Distance to the object” from section 33 of the Traffic Rules is used when it is necessary to inform the driver that a certain requirement of the sign will apply not at the location of the sign, but to an object ahead at the specified distance (for example, an intersection in 250 m). That is, it clarifies exactly where the place is located to which the sign’s action is “tied”.
According to the Traffic Rules, this plate is highly specialized: it is installed outside populated areas and is used specifically with priority signs 2.1 “Yield” and 2.2 “No entry without stopping”. The logic is as follows: the driver is informed in advance that there will be an intersection ahead where it will be necessary either to yield (sign 2.1) or to make a mandatory stop before the stop line or before sign 2.2, and only then yield (sign 2.2).
It is important to correctly understand the practical meaning: when sign 2.1 or 2.2 is installed together with plate 7.1.2, this does not mean that the requirement must be fulfilled “right here”. Such a combination warns that the corresponding intersection/place where the requirement applies will be at the specified distance. Therefore, stopping at sign 2.2 is mandatory where 2.2 is installed directly before the intersection (or before the stop line), and the variant with the plate serves a warning function and gives time to reduce speed and prepare.
Thus, the correct answer is “With signs 1 and 2.”, since plate 7.1.2 according to the Traffic Rules is used specifically with signs 2.1 “Yield” and 2.2 “No entry without stopping”, specifying the distance to the place where their requirement will be fulfilled.