When I was young, I used to think that there was an actual person inside stop lights, who would press a button to change the light
A childhood belief about traffic lights

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that inside each volcano there was a guy who'd press a button to make it erupt.— Jim, UK
- When I was young, I used to belive that
if you pushed the stop button in the bus it would stop for good.— Tom (Norway) - I used to beleive that little drawf men were inside each traffic light, making them change colors. — alisha
- When i was little i always thought there were little men inside the traffic lights changing the light— Kiley
- I used to think that babies were made when you press your mums belly button.
Then a baby would fall out— Chris Hyndman - I believed that traffic lights had police officers inside them, turning the lights on and off...— CrowHeart