i used to think that the slogan those old gas stations said "Happy Murdering" instead of "Happy Motoring." it really confused me...

eliot

I used to believe that the lane divider reflector bumps in the road were to alert blind people when they were changing lanes.

Nonny

When I was young, I was always confused about how, at night, the car-lights on one side of the road were always red, while the ones in the other one were white. It never occured to me that the cars were going in different directions, and for years I was convinced that there were designated "white-light" and "red-light" lanes. But it always confused me that we were always in the "red-light" lane, since I had seen the white front headlights once when my mom was pulling into the garage. I rationalized that the lights change color as you are pulling into your garage.

confused as a child

When I was young (5-6) I was terrifed of going to the automobile repair shop. I had heard people refer to them as "THE BODY SHOP" and I was positive that no good could come of going to a place that stored dead bodies.

theshoppe

When I was younger I heard my parents talking about our car and they said that the engine was doing backflips, and that it wouldn't turn over. For years I believed that the engine was actually doing Backflips and that it was supposed to turn over. I now know I was wrong(:

Sydney

My Dad convinced me that the button on the top of the emergency brake in the car, if pressed, would eject him from the car through the roof, and leave me in danger in a car with no Daddy driving it. I guess this kept me from pressing it, but its a good thing I never got angry with him.

Anon

When I was little driving in the car with my father, I almost pulled up the emergency brake. He told me that it was the lever for the ejector seat and if I pulled it I would be thrown from the car. I believed this until I started driving.

Angel

When I was child I believed that all of those buildings labelled "Body Shop" were places adults could go to trade in their used-up bodies. And they were very popular, judging by the number of cars that always surrounded them!

Anon

I used to think that the right sides of roads are empty in England, since everyone drives on the left.

Anon

When I was about 5 or 6 my mum and I got in a car wreck when the wheel slipped on a sheet of ice. We did 1 or 2 360s that my mum called donuts later when she was explaining to the family what happened. So, for years when I would tell the story I would tell everyone that one time my mum and I got into a wreck because we slipped on a donut that was left on the side of the road. My mum still picks on me for it.

Nicole(Granola)

When I was a kid I used to think the "carpool lane" was an actual pool cars went swimming in

skeez

I used to believe that my parents drove the car like a plane - push on the steering wheel to go faster, pull to go slower

Anon

When I was a little girl and we were driving in the car, I always thought the signs in the residential areas that read "speed radar controlled" meant that my dad couldn't drive any faster than the speed limit because his car was controlled by a radar beam!

Noelle

I used to think that ducks lived under bridges as whenever we drove under a bridge my mum and nan would shout "DUCK!"

Later, after I had realised, I thought that you would hurt your head if you didn't duck down.

Beccie Boo

I had been at a low rider hydraulic car show when I was about 7 and I had noticed that all of the car badges were written in Italics. I then connected the two together and assumed that in order for a car to have hydraulics, the name had to be written in italics and any car that had italics, had to have hydraulics.

willow

I used to think that the second exhaust pipe on certain cars was for the sick to flow out of when somebody had vomited in the car. Don't ask me how the sick reached the pipe!

Tomethy

When I was 7, our family was riding home from a trip. It was nighttime I was awake keeping my dad company and I noticed that the car lights would go dim and bright. I asked my dad how that happened. He told me that there was a button on the bottom of his left foot that he pressed down on the floorboard when he wanted to change the lights. The next night when mom and dad were watching TV in bed, I asked my dad to let me see his foot so I could find that button and had wondered when that button would grow on my left foot.

Lidia

I used to think that gas was drilled like oil. "How lucky that two gas stations across the street found a well!" My 5-year old brain thought.

When I was 7 or so, I finally saw a tanker truck unloading gas at a station. I asked my dad about this strange occurrence...who informed me that gas stations had underground storage tanks. Mind Blown!

Silly Girl

When I was younger, it was quite an ordeal for my parents, having 3 kids each 2 years apart. So, when getting in or out of the car, my parents would have us hold onto the car so it "didn't roll away". The real reason being that they didn't want us to run into the traffic. So, when my dad was driving me to school and he'd start the car and realize he forgot something in the house, he'd leave the car idoling and run inside for a minute. I'd burst into tears because I was buckled and couldn't get out. I was afraid the car would roll away with me in it. I was always SO relieved when he came back. I still to this day always make sure that the Ebrake is ALL THE WAY UP!!

singer

I used to believe that the garage door opener (the remote) turned traffic lights green. when we came to a red light my dad would wait until the light was about to change and then grab the remote and click it. i was amazed and believed this for years.

Kate