I used to think that there was a man controlling traffic lights: he would wait until there was a car before changing the light to green.
A childhood belief about traffic lights

others believed things like this
- When i was little i always thought there were little men inside the traffic lights changing the light— Kiley
- 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
- i used to believe that red yellow and green meant "ready, set, Go!" on traffic lights..— cabagona
- that the green traffic light turned blue when it was off— Kriket Evens
- I used to believe that the yellow light in traffic-lights meant Go Faster!— M. L. E.