When I was a kid I thought that when a traffic light gave the signal "don't walk" it meant you ran!! How dum is that?
A childhood belief about traffic lights

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the yellow light in traffic-lights meant Go Faster!— M. L. E.
- I used to belive that there was a god living in every traffic light, controlling the traffic!— Sukhi
- Whenever I went to bed, I use to believe that when i flicked my light on and off I would signal aliens. — Laura.
- When i was little i always thought there were little men inside the traffic lights changing the light— Kiley
- that the green traffic light turned blue when it was off— Kriket Evens
- I used to believe that little men (or women) slept & went to work in every traffic light — Kelly bulanek