I used to think that traffic lights were controlled by elevators with light inside them, so when it went to green, it turned green, and all the other stuff.
A childhood belief about traffic lights

others believed things like this
- that the green traffic light turned blue when it was off— Kriket Evens
- I thought traffic lights were controlled by little men who lived inside them. 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
- i used to believe that red yellow and green meant "ready, set, Go!" on traffic lights..— cabagona
- when i was little thought that ants changed traffic lights from green to red and vice versa.Anon
- My dad could change a traffic light from red to green using our garage door opener.Anon