I used to think that traffic lights were controlled by a man sitting in a little control booth in the park. He would decide when to switch the lights and would always watch traffic to know when to change it.
A childhood belief about traffic lights

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that God controlled the traffic lights. He would decide when it was everybody's turn to go.— Amanda
- when i was about 5-8 i used to believe that oompa loompas lived in traffic lights and controlled the lights!!— ~wierd ~
- 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
- I thought traffic lights were controlled by little men who lived inside them. Anon
- I believed that traffic lights had police officers inside them, turning the lights on and off...— CrowHeart