I used to believe that streetlights were controlled by people far away and if there was a car accident you had to push the crossing button and tell them
A childhood belief about traffic lights

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that when the streetlights came on it was illegal for children to be outside.Anon
- Up until I was 17 I thought that 'no outlet' signs meant that the steet didn't have any streetlights.— Kelsey
- I used to believe that giant barbies controlled us like we controlled little barbies— freaky stuff
- When I was a kid, I used to believe that the "ped x-ing" signs meant "pediatrician crossing."— Jessica
- I used to believe that sky ends at the horizon and by crossing it we can go to another world..— Debasish Satapathy
- When I was little I thought the navel was a button to turn people off and on.
— James