The model: Turning left: the wide arc, and three exceptions to 'left-past-left'
Fixed order: interior mirror, left door mirror, look left, signal, smoothly move into position for a left turn (Book p.138). Give way to both straight-ahead traffic and oncoming traffic turning right; take the turn wide to the right-hand side, don't cut the corner.
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