I used to believe that there was a little person in the electrical boxes beside street lights that would change the lights at the appropriate times. If the light was taking too long to change, I would assume that they were taking a nap.
A childhood belief about traffic lights

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that I could change street lights with my mindAnon
- I used to think that when people were taking their contacts out that they were taking their eyeball out :) — Jen
- When I was little I thought that the street lights went out after everyone went to bed.— supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
- I used to believe that there where little mice the the street lights that turned them on and off.Anon
- I believed that traffic lights had police officers inside them, turning the lights on and off...— CrowHeart
- My dad could change a traffic light from red to green using our garage door opener.Anon