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 Where these signs are needed they should be uniform in design so as to be readily recognisable. We recommend the form shown at figure 113.

180. We recommend no change in this sign which is little used.

181. We have referred in paragraph 85 (vii) above to the use of the sign at figure 115, a white P on a blue background, in connection with designated street parking places and in paragraph 171 to its use at lay-bys. The sign should also be used to indicate off-street car parks. It will often be necessary to give drivers directions to these car parks or information about conditions attached to their use. Where it is desirable to indicate the direction to a car park or to a coach park or to a garage this can be done by putting these words with a directional arrow on an informatory sign as figures 116 and 117.

Some highway authorities and other responsible bodies have discouraged the use of roadside verges for picnics by setting aside areas off the road for this purpose. We recommend that the plate at figure 115a be used with the parking sign to indicate the position of such sites advance notice of which should be given by the sign at figure 118. An arrow should be added to the plate at figure 115a if the picnic area is not visible from the road.

182. A square sign having a broad black horizontal band with a narrower white band above and below it is prescribed in Regulations for use on roads in those areas outside the Metropolitan Police District where certain classes of vehicle are permitted to wait without lights after dark. We understand that these Regulations are under review and we therefore make no recommendations about changes in this sign; it seems to us, however, to be an unsatisfactory sign and quite out of line with the Protocol.

183. These are for use on private and other premises near the highway. We recommend that the words be shown in the form at figures 119 to 122.

184. This is an elementary principle of good driving and we see no need for a sign.

185. See paragraph 117.

186. Pedestrian subways will be increasingly needed and it would be convenient to have an internationally recognisable sign. There is none yet prescribed in the Protocol though a mandatory sign to indicate a compulsory way for pedestrians has been agreed for inclusion in a draft amendment.