That must not be a very busy intersection even in normal times, because I don't see any stoplights. Just yield, to whoever is on the right (or is it left?). Is that common at intersections?
Stop signs / lights are not very common but the yield lines you see to the left and right of that monument are. They mean Give Way, in this case to cars coming from the right.
Wow! We have Yield and Merge, but only rarely. Merge, onto the 4-lane highways, turns into a race and confrontation, because everyone wants to be first.
The song, Because, written by John Lennon, is on side 2 of the Abbey Road album. In a 1969 interview, Lennon said that the inspiration for writing this song came from listening to Yoko Ono play Moonlight Sonata backwards on the piano. Moonlight Sonata played backwards. Because, played backwards... I'm just not feeling the connection.
I'll probably never get to London, so I took a ride down Abbey Lane today via Google Street View. It's only about a mile long. Learned several things. 1. I assumed the zig-zag street lines were special, just to denote the particular crossing. The truth is: "White zig-zag lines are used down both sides of the road and along the centre line of the road, both before and after (every) Zebra crossing, These increase the warning to approaching drivers and also create a zone in which parking and overtaking (i.e. 'passing') are strictly forbidden." 2. The intersection where the back cover photo of Abbey Road was taken was about a half mile down the road at the crossing with Alexandra Road, which is now completely gone to make way for the Abbey Road Housing Estate in the early 1970's Original color photo taken by Iain Macmillan Doctored for the album cover by adding BEATLES. They fixed the O, and even brushed in the crack. 3. The older street signs have been replaced with a new style. From a website last August (2019): "The sign for Abbey Road in London was stolen so often, it’s now bolted to a wall." I believe the first part, but the rest doesn't make sense, since the crossing doesn't exist anymore. There was one older sign left, but at the corner of Priory Street (as of April 2019). PS. I also took a ride down Penny Lane in Liverpool.
The Zebra crossing will always be there - As a result of its association with the Beatles, since 1969, this part of Abbey Road has been featured on the London tourism circuit. In December 2010, the crossing was given Grade II Listed Building status by English Heritage