My sister and I used to believe that my Dad could correctly predict when the stop light would turn green. We would try to out guess him but always lose. It wasn't until I was about 7 that I realized that the stop light going the other way turned yellow right before our light turned green...
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 believe that the yellow light in traffic-lights meant Go Faster!— M. L. E.
- Having seen enough red octagonal STOP signs in my time, I used to look out for green circular GO signs.— Gary
- I used to believe that if you mixed red, blue, green, and yellow paint you'd get plaid!— Judith Ann
- i used to believe that red yellow and green meant "ready, set, Go!" on traffic lights..— cabagona