I used to believe that when you took a left hand turn, you would then be facing a red light and would have to wait in the middle of the intersection until that light turned green as well.
A childhood belief about cars

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
- when I was a kid I used to believe if I left the shoe facing the person would die— milena
- I used to think that my right hand wasn't my right hand anymore if I turned around.— Mike
- I couldn't wait to turn 20 so I could go through the Roaring 20's and be a flapper like my Grandma.— Susan Bonnell
- I used to believe there was a newsreader inside the radio where the light was!!— Christine