The Straight Dope covered this topic, and I read it.
This is just one of those things, you only notice it when it happens.
Do you ever notice all the times a streetlight doesn't do this? Of course not. If it really was you, then the lights would either always do this, or quite often, but I bet only occurs about .001% of the time you pass under a streetlight, but it seems so strange that you notice it.
In The Straight Dope, it all just boiled down to coincidence.
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