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Massachusetts General Law, Chapter 89, Section 8:
"At any intersection on ways, as defined in section one of chapter ninety, in which vehicular traffic is facing a steady red indication in a traffic control
signal, the driver of a vehicle which is stopped as close as practicable at
the entrance to the crosswalk or the near side of the intersections or, if
none, then at the entrance to the intersection in obedience to such red or
stop signal, may make either (1) a right turn or (2) if on a one-way street
may make a left turn to another one-way street, but shall yield the
right-of-way to pedestrians and other traffic proceeding as directed by the
signal at said intersection, except that a city or town, subject to section two of chapter eighty-five, by rules, orders, ordinances, or by-laws, and the
department of highways on state highways or on ways at their intersections
with a state highway, may prohibit any such turns against a red or stop signal
at any such intersection, and such prohibition shall be effective when a sign
is erected at such intersection giving notice thereof. Any person who violates
the provisions of this paragraph shall be punished by a fine of not less than
thirty-five dollars."
Plain English:
"After stopping, it is legal to turn left from a one-way street onto another one-way street on red, unless it's prohibited by a sign."