Core: Turning: straight-ahead traffic on the same road goes first
The rule is a give-way duty, not a priority rule for the whole junction: it only applies to traffic on THE SAME road as you, not to traffic on the crossing road (which has its own priority rules). When turning right: the cyclist or moped rider going straight beside or behind you goes first. When turning left: the oncoming straight-ahead traffic goes first. The exception exam designers like to test: pedestrians count too, even though they walk rather than ride. A practical addition from the book (p.109): just before you turn — especially to the right — you check to the right once more. The straight-ahead cyclist easily sits in the blind spot there.
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