As a child and early teenager I always thought the One Way traffic signs were suggestions, like, "here is one way you can go," instead of, "this is the only way traffic is flowing."
A childhood belief about road signs

others believed things like this
- I used to belive that there was a god living in every traffic light, controlling the traffic!— Sukhi
- When I was little, I was thought that little elves controlled the traffic lights..— Rosie
- When i was little i always thought there were little men inside the traffic lights changing the light— Kiley
- I thought traffic lights were controlled by little men who lived inside them. Anon
- when i was little thought that ants changed traffic lights from green to red and vice versa.Anon
- when i was young i always thought that traffic lights were big lolly pops that changed colour— rudiger2