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    What is the meaning of this sign?

    DVSA-style practice question · Road and Traffic Signs

    Illustration for the theory test question: What is the meaning of this sign?

    The answer options

    • No motor vehicles permitted
    • Motorway endCorrect
    • End of bus lane
    • No through road

    Why that is the answer

    This blue rectangular sign shows the motorway symbol with a red diagonal line across it, indicating the end of motorway rules and regulations. Beyond this point, you must adjust your driving as you may encounter lower speed limits, traffic lights, roundabouts, or pedestrians. Do not confuse this with signs prohibiting motor vehicles, which are circular with a red border, or end of bus lane signs, which specifically show a bus.

    How this comes up in the real test

    Questions from road and traffic signs appear throughout the 50-question multiple-choice section, and the wording changes between versions. Learn the rule rather than the sentence: the DVSA can ask the same point from the opposite direction, and a memorised answer falls over the moment the phrasing moves.

    The pass mark is 43 out of 50, so seven wrong answers is your entire margin. If a whole category is shaky, run the topic practice below until you are getting every question right for the right reason, then go back to full mocks under the clock.

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