When I was just 4, I used to accuse my Dad of going through red traffic lights, because even though the light was green for our side, I assumed that if you could still "see" the red light for the other side that still applied to you - and you shouldn't drive through 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 i always thought there were little men inside the traffic lights changing the light— Kiley
- I used to believe that the yellow light in traffic-lights meant Go Faster!— M. L. E.
- My dad could change a traffic light from red to green using our garage door opener.Anon
- I used to belive that there was a god living in every traffic light, controlling the traffic!— Sukhi
- i used to believe that the green arrows on the traffic lights told you which way you had to go to get home.— Helen