When I was about 4 or 5..up until i was about 7 or 8 I was always told that it was pigeons that changed the traffic lights to red amber and green. When i went out in the car with my mum or dad I'd always shout come on you stupid pigeons! if the light was red.
A childhood belief about traffic lights
others believed things like this
- when i was little thought that ants changed traffic lights from green to red and vice versa.Anon
- I used to believe that sparrows were baby pigeons— greenpolyester
- I thought that sparrows were young pigeons.— Daniel
- i used to believe that the green arrows on the traffic lights told you which way you had to go to get home.— Helen
- I used to believe that clay pigeons were pigeon-shaped clay figures.Anon
- For a very long time I believed that there were little men underground that changed the traffic lights!— Melissa