Which of the following signs cancels all previously imposed restrictions?

Explanation

Sign 4; a white circle with diagonal stripes and no symbol inside.

The rule that solves this question is: on "end of restriction" signs, the diagonal stripes cancel only what is drawn inside the circle. So if there is no symbol inside the circle, no specific restriction has been targeted and the sign lifts all previously imposed restrictions together. Sign 4 is exactly that: an empty circle with several diagonal stripes.

Each of the other signs in the picture cancels one thing and one thing only. Sign 1 has two passenger cars: end of the overtaking prohibition. Sign 2 has a lorry and a car: end of the overtaking prohibition for goods vehicles. Sign 3 has the figure 50: end of the 50 km/h speed restriction. Sign 5 is a struck-through yellow diamond, which is not from the restriction family at all but announces the end of the priority road.

The safety logic of this order is clear: restrictions are not imposed without reason, and lifting them unintentionally is dangerous. If one "end" sign could vaguely cancel everything, a driver leaving a hazardous area would not be sure which rule still stood. That is why only one sign, and only with an empty symbol, is allowed to cancel everything. The sentence to memorise: "whatever is inside the circle is the only thing cancelled; an empty circle means all of them."

• Sign 1 announces only the end of the overtaking prohibition; a speed restriction or any other prohibition imposed earlier is not lifted by it. • Sign 2 announces the end of the overtaking prohibition for goods vehicles only; its scope is even narrower than sign 1's. • Sign 3 has the figure 50 inside it, so it cancels only that 50 km/h speed restriction; this is the most frequently chosen wrong answer to this question. • Sign 5, the struck-through yellow diamond, means the end of the priority road; this sign is about priority and does not belong to the restriction family at all.

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