I used to believe that stoplights were controlled by people. I thought that there was a man in a room that overlooked intersections (every intersection), and pressed buttons to change the light.
A childhood belief about traffic lights

others believed things like this
- I use to believe that there were mice in the stoplights controlling when they would change colors.— Krystal M.
- I used to believe that young boys belly buttons would soon change into there willys...Anon
- I used to belive that if we could find the light switch that controlled the sun, we could control the world. Anon
- My dad could change a traffic light from red to green using our garage door opener.Anon
- I used to think that on day light savings time you had to stay up till 2:00am to change the clocks! — Sandy
- I used to beleive that little drawf men were inside each traffic light, making them change colors. — alisha