diff --git a/Extractor/PBFParser.cpp b/Extractor/PBFParser.cpp
index 222475db6..299275b12 100644
--- a/Extractor/PBFParser.cpp
+++ b/Extractor/PBFParser.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 #include "PBFParser.h"
 
-PBFParser::PBFParser(const char * fileName) : externalMemory(NULL){
+PBFParser::PBFParser(const char * fileName) : externalMemory(NULL), use_turn_restrictions(true) {
 	GOOGLE_PROTOBUF_VERIFY_VERSION;
 	//TODO: What is the bottleneck here? Filling the queue or reading the stuff from disk?
 	//NOTE: With Lua scripting, it is parsing the stuff. I/O is virtually for free.
@@ -43,7 +43,13 @@ void PBFParser::RegisterCallbacks(ExtractorCallbacks * em) {
 
 void PBFParser::RegisterScriptingEnvironment(ScriptingEnvironment & _se) {
 	scriptingEnvironment = _se;
-
+    
+    if(0 != luaL_dostring( scriptingEnvironment.getLuaStateForThreadID(0), "return use_turn_restrictions\n")) {
+        ERR(lua_tostring(scriptingEnvironment.getLuaStateForThreadID(0),-1)<< " occured in scripting block");
+    }
+    use_turn_restrictions = lua_toboolean(scriptingEnvironment.getLuaStateForThreadID(0), -1);
+	INFO("Use turn restrictions:" << use_turn_restrictions);
+	
 	if(lua_function_exists(scriptingEnvironment.getLuaStateForThreadID(0), "get_exceptions" )) {
 		//get list of turn restriction exceptions
 		try {
@@ -241,6 +247,9 @@ inline void PBFParser::parseNode(_ThreadData * ) {
 inline void PBFParser::parseRelation(_ThreadData * threadData) {
 	//TODO: leave early, if relation is not a restriction
 	//TODO: reuse rawRestriction container
+	if( use_turn_restrictions==false )
+        return;
+    
 	const OSMPBF::PrimitiveGroup& group = threadData->PBFprimitiveBlock.primitivegroup( threadData->currentGroupID );
 	for(int i = 0; i < group.relations_size(); ++i ) {
 		std::string exception_of_restriction_tag;
diff --git a/Extractor/PBFParser.h b/Extractor/PBFParser.h
index d3da02706..e00d64fbc 100644
--- a/Extractor/PBFParser.h
+++ b/Extractor/PBFParser.h
@@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ private:
     /* ThreadData Queue */
     boost::shared_ptr<ConcurrentQueue < _ThreadData* > > threadDataQueue;
     ScriptingEnvironment scriptingEnvironment;
-
+    
+    bool use_turn_restrictions;
     std::vector<std::string> restriction_exceptions_vector;
 };
 
diff --git a/profiles/bicycle.lua b/profiles/bicycle.lua
index c5c2f64fb..2f476e307 100644
--- a/profiles/bicycle.lua
+++ b/profiles/bicycle.lua
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ man_made_speeds = {
 route_speeds = { 
 	["ferry"] = 5
 }
+
 take_minimum_of_speeds 	= true
 obey_oneway 			= true
 obey_bollards 			= false
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ use_restrictions 		= true
 ignore_areas 			= true -- future feature
 traffic_signal_penalty 	= 2
 u_turn_penalty 			= 20
+use_turn_restrictions   = true
 
 -- End of globals
 
diff --git a/profiles/car.lua b/profiles/car.lua
index 095806590..d2fa5cea3 100644
--- a/profiles/car.lua
+++ b/profiles/car.lua
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ use_restrictions 		= true
 ignore_areas 			= true -- future feature
 traffic_signal_penalty 	= 2
 u_turn_penalty 			= 20
+use_turn_restrictions   = true
 
 -- End of globals