When I was young my dad had me believe that cat's eye's in the middle of the road were small lights that he could turn on & off using a switch in the car. He would flick the switch and hey presto the lights in the road turned off, another flick and they were back on :)
A childhood belief about cars
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the sky had stop lights and road signs floating about for the airplanes.
— LoonaSM's - I believed that traffic lights had police officers inside them, turning the lights on and off...— CrowHeart
- when i was about 5-8 i used to believe that oompa loompas lived in traffic lights and controlled the lights!!— ~wierd ~
- I used to believe that there where little mice the the street lights that turned them on and off.Anon
- I used to believe that God controlled the traffic lights. He would decide when it was everybody's turn to go.— Amanda
- I would turn the lights off and then leg it up the stairs thinking a monster would be chasing me.Anon