I used to believe that simply by shouting 'CHANGE LIGHT!' that I could make the traffic light change from red to green.
A childhood belief about traffic lights

others believed things like this
- My dad could change a traffic light from red to green using our garage door opener.Anon
- I used to beleive that little drawf men were inside each traffic light, making them change colors. — alisha
- that the green traffic light turned blue when it was off— Kriket Evens
- I used to think that on day light savings time you had to stay up till 2:00am to change the clocks! — Sandy
- 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