When I was little I thought there was some kind of electrical signal in traffic lights that stopped cars automatically when it turned red, and made them go when it turned green, and there was nothing the driver could do about it.
A childhood belief about traffic lights

others believed things like this
- that the green traffic light turned blue when it was off— Kriket Evens
- when i was little thought that ants changed traffic lights from green to red and vice versa.Anon
- i used to believe that the green arrows on the traffic lights told you which way you had to go to get home.— Helen
- i used to believe that red yellow and green meant "ready, set, Go!" on traffic lights..— cabagona
- When I was a little kid, I used that think that cars bent when they turned.Anon
- When I was younger, about seven, I used to think that cars bent when they turned! :)— Brittany Serell