I used to believe that stop lights were controlled my men deep, deep underground in a control room, with certain buttons to make the lights a certain color.
A childhood belief about traffic lights

others believed things like this
- I used to think that Mice controlled the Stop lights and crosswalk signs.Anon
- when i was about 5-8 i used to believe that oompa loompas lived in traffic lights and controlled the lights!!— ~wierd ~
- I thought that little tiny people changed the color of the stop lights.Anon
- 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