I used to believe that traffic lights in certain parts of the world had giant blades that would drop down if your car went through them after you were red. As kids we thought it was the coolest thing to imagine a red light runners car being chopped in half... Imagine if this was a law!
A childhood belief about traffic lights

others believed things like this
- When i was little i always thought there were little men inside the traffic lights changing the light— Kiley
- I used to believe that the yellow light in traffic-lights meant Go Faster!— M. L. E.
- I used to belive that there was a god living in every traffic light, controlling the traffic!— Sukhi
- I believed that traffic lights had police officers inside them, turning the lights on and off...— CrowHeart
- when i was about 5-8 i used to believe that oompa loompas lived in traffic lights and controlled the lights!!— ~wierd ~
- When I was little, I was thought that little elves controlled the traffic lights..— Rosie