I used to think that there were little tiny green men under the ground that watched people at stop lights and determined when to change the light to green, yellow, or red.
A childhood belief about traffic lights

others believed things like this
- i used to believe that red yellow and green meant "ready, set, Go!" on traffic lights..— cabagona
- My dad could change a traffic light from red to green using our garage door opener.Anon
- I thought that little tiny people changed the color of the stop lights.Anon
- I used to believe that if you mixed red, blue, green, and yellow paint you'd get plaid!— Judith Ann
- I used to believe that the yellow light in traffic-lights meant Go Faster!— M. L. E.
- i used to believe that the green arrows on the traffic lights told you which way you had to go to get home.— Helen