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 parking should always be indicated by diagram 667 or 668, with arrows, mounted parallel to the kerb. If the signs were to face oncoming traffic (without arrows), they could be mistaken for repeater signs, tempting drivers to park in advance of them where footway parking is prohibited. Signs to diagrams 667.1 and 668.1 may be mounted parallel to the kerb, particularly where they indicate a time period rather than the legend "in marked bays" and where they are used as repeater signs. Signs located at each end of a parking bay should include an arrow. Where a sign to diagram 667, 667.1, 668 or 668.1 is mounted parallel to the kerb, the footway parking symbol should always have the footway shown to the left except where the sign includes an arrow pointing to the left; the symbol is then reversed.

Where used, repeater signs do not have to be erected at any specific intervals. The siting of these will depend on the need to remind drivers that footway parking is permitted, particularly where there are no bay markings. Locating signs immediately adjacent to the parking bay might not be practicable where posts would be in the middle of the footway and be a hazard to pedestrians. However, existing lamp columns might be suitable for mounting the signs, either parallel to the kerb or back to back facing oncoming traffic. Elsewhere, it might be necessary to mount the signs at the back of the footway on posts, walls or railings, but care must be taken to ensure that conspicuity is not compromised.

Where signs are provided to indicate waiting restrictions or parking controls, they should be in accordance with the size and siting requirements set out in sections 6 and 7 respectively. It might be necessary to mount these signs at the back of the footway (see para 8.13). 75