Besides, the pedestrians were already on the road when the car initiated the turn. Note the "one way" sign: that street only has a single lane, and that lane was already occupied. It should definitely have yielded.
Erratic navigation and driving. 1 second earlier the car was heading straight. The car placement was firmly to the left edge of its lane. A safe driver would slow down towards the turn and use the right hand side of the road - pedestrians will recognize this "body language" of the car and understand the situation better.
In our peripheral vision, the car placement and "body language" is probably more important than ostensible signals such as the turn signal (!)
This kind of "body language" is something we learn when driving and automatic drivers should adhere to it too, so that they can be predictable and interpretable drivers.
You’re supposed to wait for them to fully complete their crossing, and yes: the overwhelming majority of drivers here abide by that requirement.
I drove in US, and I know how slow and relax the traffic is. Come drive in Brussels or any of the big European cities (like Paris) and see for yourself.
Good to know US is civilized and EU is not. The difference is that you just have way more space than us.
The right turn would (at best) be completed by making pedestrians wait for the car, which is backwards.
It's actually the interference of the driver that stops the turn halfway, and steers towards the people at the left starting to cross that street.
I wonder what would have happened when the driver didn't interfere. I guess that the right turn would have been completed without any problem.
But maybe I'm missing some extra info here?