I used to believe that a little man sat inside traffic lights and watched all the cars and decided when to change the lights. I also believed that the car automatically knew where you were going and would turn on the turn signals itself.
A childhood belief about traffic lights

others believed things like this
- I believed that traffic lights had police officers inside them, turning the lights on and off...— CrowHeart
- I used to believe that God controlled the traffic lights. He would decide when it was everybody's turn to go.— Amanda
- I thought that cars could only make turns when you used the turn signals...— Toby
- i used to believe the turning signals on cars helped them turn sharp corners.— Julia
- when i was about 5-8 i used to believe that oompa loompas lived in traffic lights and controlled the lights!!— ~wierd ~
- When i was little i always thought there were little men inside the traffic lights changing the light— Kiley