Welcome to the latest site in the taquitos.network: illegaluturn.com. This site will focus on wacky or interesting things I discover in the Boston area. Why the name illegaluturn.com? In North Cambridge, for some crazy reason, U-turns are disallowed on Mass Ave at every intersection from Harvard Square to the Arlington line. This leaves drivers trying to get anywhere with several choices:

• Make a left turn onto one of the side streets. Then make a 3-point turn or U-turn. Then take a right on Mass Ave.
• Make a left turn onto one of the side streets. Then keep going, making turns that you think will eventually bring you back to Mass Ave to make a right.
• Just keep going. (By the time you get to Arlington, you’re so used to not turning that you’ll probably just stay on Mass Ave until you reach Canada.)
• Make an illegal U-turn. This option is quite popular. In 8+ years, I’ve only once ever seen a car being pulled over by the Cambridge Police for doing this