Stopping in the middle of the street to turn left ought to be illegal.
There is absolutely no reason why someone would need to do this. There are plenty of streets with marked “left turning” lanes specifically put there so that people don’t block traffic. Furthermore, if need be, people could just do 3 right turns rather than one left in the middle of the street.
I’m not advocating this in all situations. It’s perfectly fine to turn left if there are no cars coming in the other direction and you can get out of the way quickly, but stopping for 30 or 45 seconds to wait for a break in traffic is just wrong. It’s saying “Fuck everyone behind me. I’m turning left”.
When I turn left, when there is only one lane on each side of the road, I like to pull over to the right so the people can go around me by driving on the edge of the road. It really makes them mad, it’s great, and they can’t do anything to me since I am driving perfectly legal.
Fuck you, I’m turning left.