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The other day, I came across a situation where the driver in front of me had stopped on a red light, waiting to take a right turn. As far as I could see, there was no "No turn on red" sign posted anywhere, neither was there any incoming traffic from the left side, nor any pedestrian on the crosswalk.

Here's a snap of that exact intersection taken from Google Street View -

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There is one red light straight ahead, which is for cars going straight onto the street. There is another red light towards the right, which is why (I assume) the driver had stopped.

My question is, if there is such a situation where there is a red light for the right turn, but there's no "No right turn on red" sign posted anywhere, what's the right way to proceed?

This is for the state of MA, by the way.

EDIT - The Google Street View link for this intersection, if it helps.

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Making right turn on red onto Bacon from Oak is not Legal.

If you look at traffic light installed at Arbor and Bacon facing Oak Street you can see a blurred white sign, which is actually a "No Turn on Red" sign.

So on this intersection you can turn right from Arbor onto Bacon Street and from Bacon onto Arbor Circle. Other right on Red are not allowed.

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Karlson called it. Here's the pic. You need to proceed a bit further forward in google streetview. The no turn on red sign is actually hidden behind the three yellow signs and the stop here to turn left white sign:

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