When I was a kid I used to think that the traffic lights were controlled underground by people in underground offices.
A childhood belief about traffic lights

others believed things like this
- For a very long time I believed that there were little men underground that changed the traffic lights!— Melissa
- when i was about 5-8 i used to believe that oompa loompas lived in traffic lights and controlled the lights!!— ~wierd ~
- When trains (subways) go underground, my little sister thought that the lights were shooting stars.— Katie
- I used to believe that God controlled the traffic lights. He would decide when it was everybody's turn to go.— Amanda
- i used to beleive that elves controlled traffic lights.— Jessica
- When I was little, I was thought that little elves controlled the traffic lights..— Rosie