i used to believe that the traffic lights had little monkeys inside, so they were in charge of changing the color of the lights =(

Dr.Bumbury

I used to believe that there were little men inside the stoplights at intersections and would operate them.

Hedderz

i used to believe that tiny people lived in traffic lights to turn them on and off

Anon

my sister and I thought that little monkeys lived in all the traffic lights. they were responsible for shining their flash light on the right color and the wires is what brought them their food and water because they never left the lights

lizz

It's obvious why traffic lights are always located at intersections. There is always a small building at the corner of the intersection (about the size of a gas station food store) in which the two little men live who control the traffic lights for that particular intersection. When they see the traffic is letting up, they can safely turn the light red without any accidents. After an allotted portion of time, they would turn the light green again.

sweet cuppin' cakes

I used to believe that stop lights were operated by mice who would pull light chains inside the box like the mice in Cinderella.

Lydia

I used to believe that there was a little man sitting in the traffic light box with a big switch that made the lights go red, green etc. !!

kate

i belived that there was a little man in a traffic light somewhere and he was a Great Ruler of All Traffic Lights.
so whenever he pressed a green button in his traffic light somewhere, all the traffic lights in the world would go green etc...

bex

I used to believe that there were little people in the stop and go lights controlling them

Crystal

When I was younger I thought that in traffic lights were men who pushed the different colored lights.....

Brunette11

When I was little, I thought that three little men would control the traffic lights; one in the red light, one in the yellow light and one in the green light.

Anon

I used to believe there were tall skinny guys living inside traffic lights who would switch the different colours on and off, communicating with each other using radios. I also thought there was one guy who worked for the council who would walk around every evening, open up the covers on street lights with a giant set of keys and switch them on, and tick each one off on a clipboard.

JD

I used to believe that there was a tiny police man or woman inside of stoplights. They would tell the stoplight to change color's!

Bridget

when i was around 3-5 i used to think that when the stoplights on streets changed, little mice inside with navy blue pinstripe overalls and red bandanas around their neck would change them....

Cassie

My dad used to tell me that midgets lived in the traffic lights, and that if we didn't pay homage to them they'd get cranky and cause accidents. People always did think I was a bit of a retard when I started praying and bowing to the lights...

Anon

When i was little i was told by my mother there where little men in traffic lights that used to change the colour of the lights! I told other kids in school and got the mick taken out of me for ages. That cut deep!

Anon

i used to belive that in the traffic lights there were many little people working the lights.

Anon.

I used to think that little men were inside the traffic lights so they could the colors!

Anon

I used to believe that little elves lived in traffic lights and controlled them.

Traffic Life Elf

When I was smaller than I am now, I used to think that traffic lights were operated by very small people, who live inside them. They could see when no cars were approaching and the green man would allow me to cross the road.

Felicity