I used to believe that at every traffic intersection where there was a stoplight, that there was a man inside of the home or building on the corner who watched the traffic all day long. He would be the one to make the stoplights work.
A childhood belief about traffic lights

others believed things like this
- I used to belive that there was a god living in every traffic light, controlling the traffic!— Sukhi
- I used to believe that little men (or women) slept & went to work in every traffic light — Kelly bulanek
- I used to belive there were people under the traffic lights, otherwise they wouldn't work...Anon
- i used to believe that the green arrows on the traffic lights told you which way you had to go to get home.— Helen
- When i was little i always thought there were little men inside the traffic lights changing the light— Kiley
- I thought traffic lights were controlled by little men who lived inside them. Anon