I could never understand how traffic lights made cars stop. I thought the red light was somehow transmitting a signal to the braking system.
A childhood belief about traffic lights

others believed things like this
- 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.
- I used to belive that there was a god living in every traffic light, controlling the traffic!— Sukhi
- 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 ~
- Whenever I went to bed, I use to believe that when i flicked my light on and off I would signal aliens. — Laura.