New Road Signs and Markings: Updated Traffic Rules Take Effect November 1

The updated traffic rules also set out in detail the rules for cyclists.

Changes to the traffic rules take effect in Ukraine on November 1.

As reported by First Deputy Head of the Patrol Police Department Oleh Biloshytskyi, the changes are mainly due to the need to bring the provisions of the traffic rules in line with Ukraine's national standards, namely DSTU 4100:2021 and DSTU 2587:2021, which were developed taking into account the requirements of the Convention on Road Signs and Signals.

Here is a detailed look at the upcoming changes.

New Road Signs

New road signs will appear: residential zone, pedestrian path, beginning and end of a settlement, turn directions, places where stopping and parking are permitted, prohibition of vehicle traffic, gas stations/EV charging stations, electric vehicle charging spot, toll road and its end, safety island, diagonal pedestrian crossing, and others.

New Road Markings

In addition to signs, a number of new types of road markings will appear, namely: 

• marking to indicate a traffic-calming device;
• designated parking spaces along roads and approaching a roundabout;
  
• in front of school exits;
  
• to indicate a concentration area of road accidents;
  
• to indicate designated parking spaces along roads, etc.
  

A new yellow-red vertical marking will be added to the existing one.

The traffic rules have changed the requirements for edge road markings in line with DSTU 2587:2021, under which only marking 1.2 is an edge marking.

Changes for Cyclists, Pedestrians and Visually Impaired People

The changes also affect the regulation of cycling and pedestrian traffic, as well as separately for visually impaired people, namely:

• a new definition of a bicycle path has been introduced;
• the concepts of a bicycle lane and a bicycle crossing;
  
• the rights and obligations of cyclists are specified, and how they must act while riding is regulated in detail;
  
• the shared movement of pedestrians and cyclists, as well as the movement of visually impaired people, is regulated.
  

As for cyclists, administrative liability for them also remains unchanged, namely under Article 127 (Violation of traffic rules by pedestrians, cyclists, persons driving horse-drawn vehicles, and animal drovers) of the CUAO.