You know the big power boxes on the side of the road (in New Zealand). When I was younger i used to believe that a little man lived in there, and he used to flick all the switches to turn on all the lights! :)
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- when I was younger I used to believe a serial killer lived in cereal boxes.— laura
- when i was about 5-8 i used to believe that oompa loompas lived in traffic lights and controlled the lights!!— ~wierd ~
- I used to believe that the sky had stop lights and road signs floating about for the airplanes.
— LoonaSM's - I have always lived very near to a power station, and I used to believe it was a cloud making machine.— Kirsty Martindale
- i used to think the whole world was new zealand— Matt
- I used to believe that God controlled the traffic lights. He would decide when it was everybody's turn to go.— Amanda