As a little kid, I asked my mom how traffic lights worked, and she responded that they were operated by computers. I of course envisioned a person in a room surrounded by computers, pressing buttons to control traffic lights.
A childhood belief about traffic lights
others believed things like this
- "Traffic lights are operated by monkies inside of them" or so a very reliable source informed me.— guuy
- I believed that traffic lights had police officers inside them, turning the lights on and off...— CrowHeart
- 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 God controlled the traffic lights. He would decide when it was everybody's turn to go.— Amanda
- i used to beleive that elves controlled traffic lights.— Jessica
- When I was little, I was thought that little elves controlled the traffic lights..— Rosie