When I was younger I used to believe that all the streetlights were controlled by small people inside the light. I actually thought each light (red, yellow, and green) had a person sitting behind a desk operating it and when lights weren't working I thought the people either didn't show up for work or got the day off. Silly me
A childhood belief about traffic lights

others believed things like this
- When i was little i always thought there were little men inside the traffic lights changing the light— Kiley
- I used to believe that the yellow light in traffic-lights meant Go Faster!— M. L. E.
- I thought traffic lights were controlled by little men who lived inside them. Anon
- I used to belive that if we could find the light switch that controlled the sun, we could control the world. Anon
- When I was small I thought people were actually inside the TV and that we could take them out.Anon
- i used to believe that red yellow and green meant "ready, set, Go!" on traffic lights..— cabagona