my Dad told me that it was against the law to stand at a pelican crossing with a digital watch, because if the alarm went off a blind person may step out into the road and be killed.
A childhood belief about traffic lights

others believed things like this
- When I was little, I used to believe that deer could only cross the road at the deer crossing signs. — Shellie
- I thought for the longest time that a No Standing traffic sign meant no person should stand near that sign.— Shannon
- I was told that if you went to brd with your sox on you would go blind.— Frank L
- I used to believe that if you weed your pants, an alarm would go off and everyone would know you did it.— Mr Ice Creamie
- I used to think that adam and the ants' stand and deliver was 'stand in your liver'.....— wook
- When I was 3, my neighbor told me she was a witch and she said Godzilla was going to step on my house.— Grayson