When I was younger, I believed that the way the stoplights at intersections worked, were by construction men in underground dirt rooms, looking at the traffic through tiny cameras. And they decided when to change it from green to red. I still have no idea why 'till this day.
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
- For a very long time I believed that there were little men underground that changed the traffic lights!— Melissa
- I use to believe that there were mice in the stoplights controlling when they would change colors.— Krystal M.
- When I was little, I thought there were tiny cameras everywhere and they belonged to the government.— Brooke
- When I was little, I believed that my Dad worked in a factory where they painted peas green!— Hannah G.
- I used to believe that fax machines worked by sending papers down underground tunnels. Anon