"Neil Williams" wrote in message
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On Sun, 9 Jan 2005 22:51:49 +0100, "tim"
wrote:

It is still common for a side road to have priority over the main road
though.

This in itself isn't unknown in British towns. It's normally achieved
by way of a mini roundabout.

In other words, with very clear advance warning signs and road markings to
give the driver on the major road time to slow down to a realistic speed to
be able to stop if a car *does* approach from the right.