I used to think that at traffic lights, there were little gnomes or midgets that lived underground, beneath each intersection, and held the ultimate control of when to change the lights to red/green whenever they noticed a certain number of cars backed up at the red light. I also usually got quite upset at the gnomes when we would sit at the light for a long time, figuring that they were on a break and not paying any attention to us or the cars backed up behind us at the red light. This lasted until I was about 11 or so.
A childhood belief about traffic lights
others believed things like this
- My dad could change a traffic light from red to green using our garage door opener.Anon
- When i was little i always thought there were little men inside the traffic lights changing the light— Kiley
- I used to believe that the yellow light in traffic-lights meant Go Faster!— M. L. E.
- For a very long time I believed that there were little men underground that changed the traffic lights!— Melissa
- that the green traffic light turned blue when it was off— Kriket Evens
- I used to beleive that little drawf men were inside each traffic light, making them change colors. — alisha