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I used to believe…

When I was young, me and my family were constantly on the road going somewhere. I always wondered how the stoplights worked. I never asked anyone, I just used my imagination--I thought that the stoplights were worked by angels in heaven who had the specific job to change the stoplights all over the world. So I would always pray to God so that the lights would change just for me!

I used to believe…

When I was very little, I thought you had to obey the traffic light that was over the street you were headed to. So when my mom would turn, I got very upset because she was breaking the law. I thought she would get shot for going through ANY red light, so I didn't like driving around town very much.

I used to think when you would drive down the road and you would pass the signs that told how many miles until a certain city when you counted to the number next to the city you were there.

I used to believe…

When I was little, I overheard someone saying that their car had an air bag so it would be dangerous for little kids to sit in the front. I ran to the person's car and saw a plastic bag full of air inside it. For a few months after that I was scared of plastic bags!

I used to believe…

Until I was about 11 I never used to think that cars had pedals, and I thought that you would choose how fast you wanted to go using the gearstick and stop using the handbrake. And until the first time I ever drove a car, I never knew about the clutch pedal - I used to think that you'd just put the car straight into whatever gear you wanted. I was a strange child.

i used to believe the do not pass signs on the road really meant you couldn't pass them. Everytime we did I thought a policeman was going to come get us.

I used to believe…

When I was five years old, I believed that a car's cruise control was actually a hot dog in a bun with a baseball cap on. He would jump out from under the driver's seat and step on the gas for you.

I used to believe…

When I was about 6 I asked my mom what side of the road we were driving on. She said the right side and I thought that everyone in the world had their own side of the road to drive on!! Like a few people would drive on the right side and some would have to drive on the left side!!

I used to believe…

When I was 7 or 8 years old I believed that there were little elves in each traffic light. Their job was to control teh traffic by changing the lights.

I used to believe…

While stuck in construction traffic, I asked my dad when the construction would end. He said he wouldn't live to see the end of construction.

Not understanding the sarcasm, I thought he was dying. My mother put me straight later that day when I told her Dad was gonna die.

i used to believe that little gnomes hid inside traffic lights and would make the light change from green, to yellow, to red.

I used to believe…

Whenever we'd go on a long car ride at night it would confuse me as to why all the cars going in the same direction as us had red lights, and the ones going the opposite direction had white lights. I spent a long time trying to figure out why... then I decided that you must have to drive on a different road depending on what color lights your car has.

I used to believe that there was a little person inside each of the traffic lights. They had three buttons, and would push one to change the light.

I used to believe…

When I was little, I would ride in the car with my mom. Well, on the highway I would see those 18-wheelers and I always told her that seing those meant we were on the highway!

I used to think that the saying "If you drink and drive you are a bloody idiot" meant that if you drank anything you were a bloody idiot. One time I was in the car with my uncle and he asked me to pass him the bottle of water, but I refused to give it to him. He asked why and I said "If you drink and drive you are a bloody idiot."

I used to think that if you didn't put on your seatbelt, you WOULD crash.