when i was little i used to think that the yellow light would come after the green light and that it was a signal to tell drives to get ready to accelerate
A childhood belief about traffic lights

others believed things like this
- Whenever I went to bed, I use to believe that when i flicked my light on and off I would signal aliens. — Laura.
- i used to believe that red yellow and green meant "ready, set, Go!" on traffic lights..— cabagona
- I used to believe that the yellow light in traffic-lights meant Go Faster!— M. L. E.
- 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 if you mixed red, blue, green, and yellow paint you'd get plaid!— Judith Ann