When I was very young I was convinced that if you pressed the pedestrian crossing button too many times the pavement would project you into space.
A childhood belief about traffic lights

others believed things like this
- I thought that when you pressed the hazzard button in the car, the dukes of hazzard would come and save you.— smfd26
- I used to believe that wildlife crossed at wildlife crossing signs...so did my dad when he was young— Sheryl
- I used to think that PEDESTRIAN was a religion— wilsob2700
- As a child I went to a prodestant church, but I used to tell people that I was a pedestrian.— Megan
- I used to believe that if you stepped on the cracks of the pavement, a bear would jump up and eat you.— Nina
- When I was young I thought that a parking spot was a spot like a polka dot and not a space for a car.— Mina Tova