My Dad always said he had telepathy for when lights would turn green. I could only come to the conclusion that he did actually have superpowers...not actually some genius idea to look at when the other light turned red.
A childhood belief about traffic lights

others believed things like this
- that the green traffic light turned blue when it was off— Kriket Evens
- I used to think being engaged meant being in jail. I have no idea how I came to that conclusion.— CNB
- 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 red yellow and green meant "ready, set, Go!" on traffic lights..— cabagona
- when i was little thought that ants changed traffic lights from green to red and vice versa.Anon
- When i was little i always thought there were little men inside the traffic lights changing the light— Kiley