My dad told me that I could make the windshield wipers go on in his car- all I had to do was say "now!". Little did I know he had control of them. Darn. He also told me I could change a red light to green by saying "red light green light 1 2 3". He was just watching the lights for the other direction go red and telling me when to 'work my magic'.
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- My dad could change a traffic light from red to green using our garage door opener.Anon
- that the green traffic light turned blue when it was off— Kriket Evens
- I used to belive that if we could find the light switch that controlled the sun, we could control the world. Anon
- I used to believe that little men (or women) slept & went to work in every traffic light — Kelly bulanek
- When i was little i always thought there were little men inside the traffic lights changing the light— Kiley
- I used to believe that the yellow light in traffic-lights meant Go Faster!— M. L. E.