When I was about seven, I thought that cars should be equipped with very long, motorized periscopes. After going through a green light, the car would deploy the periscope and it would continuously extend behind the car, watching the light until it turned red. I guess my idea was that the car would stop for the red light, no matter how far it had traveled down the road. I'm not sure what that says about my seven-year-old desire to please the establishment.
A childhood belief about traffic lights
others believed things like this
- that the green traffic light turned blue when it was off— Kriket Evens
- My dad could change a traffic light from red to green using our garage door opener.Anon
- I used to think that if you shone a flashlight beam onto a lightbulb long enough, it would eventually light.— Karen K
- In "God Bless America" I thought it was "With the light from a bulb" instead of "from above."— Carol
- When i was little i always thought there were little men inside the traffic lights changing the light— Kiley
- I always thought the song Blinded by the light went "Wrapped up like a dousche, another runner in the night"— Dawn