When I was little I thought that my dad had the ability to guess when the traffic light would turn green. He would start counting down, "3... 2... 1..." and then almost every time the light turned green. I'd try to guess, too, but I was almost always wrong. It wasn't until I was about 12 that I realized that all you have to do is look at the light going the opposite direction, and start counting when it turns yellow...
A childhood belief about traffic lights
others believed things like this
- 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 the yellow light in traffic-lights meant Go Faster!— M. L. E.
- i used to believe that red yellow and green meant "ready, set, Go!" on traffic lights..— cabagona
- I used to belive that there was a god living in every traffic light, controlling the traffic!— Sukhi
- When i was little i always thought there were little men inside the traffic lights changing the light— Kiley