When I was young, my mother told me you had to cross the street "only on the white lines," meaning the crosswalk. But I thought this meant you could only walk on the white part of the crosswalk, so I would have to jump from one line to the next. I thought if you stepped on the black part, the cars wouldn't stop for you anymore and you would get run over! I think I've got it figured out now...
A childhood belief about road signs
others believed things like this
- I used to think that Mice controlled the Stop lights and crosswalk signs.Anon
- I used to believe that if I didn't jump the white lines of the zebra crossing I would dieAnon
- when I saw a sign with a deer on it I always thought deer had to cross the street by it. like a cross walk— only me
- I thought that old movies were black and white because the world was black and white then. — K
- I thought the no overtaking sign meant that red cars cannot drive by black cars.— Helen
- I used to think that the old days were actually black and white because of the old black and white pictures.— Leigh Taylor