I believed that traffic lights had police officers inside them, turning the lights on and off...
A childhood belief about traffic lights

others believed things like this
- when i was about 5-8 i used to believe that oompa loompas lived in traffic lights and controlled the lights!!— ~wierd ~
- When i was little i always thought there were little men inside the traffic lights changing the light— Kiley
- I thought traffic lights were controlled by little men who lived inside them. Anon
- "Traffic lights are operated by monkies inside of them" or so a very reliable source informed me.— guuy
- For a very long time I believed that there were little men underground that changed the traffic lights!— Melissa
- If the lights in the car were on, you'd get arrested by the policeAnon