WHEN I WAS YOUNGER I USED TO BELIEVE THAT THE CATS EYES IN THE ROAD WERE ACTUALLY GLOW IN THE DARK CRYSTALS. I WAS GOING TO BUY A HOUSE NEAR A MAIN ROAD AND DIG THEM UP AT NIGHT TO LIGHT UP MY ROOM. IT WAS A SAD DAY WHEN I FOUND OUT THEY WERE ONLY REFLECTORS.

VICKI

We used to travel alot when I was growing up. I remember every time we came to a draw bridge sign, my parents would yell, Hurry and draw a bridge, before we cross. I never could find paper and pencil in time. I used to think it would open up when we were halfway accross and swallow us up.

Paulette

The State Bump

When we were kids, we went on lots of car trips. Whenever we crossed a state line, Dad would say "here comes the state bump!" This was the little bump in the highway caused by the fact that each state's highway contruction crews' work never quite joined up perfectly. And he was right--within a couple of yards of the "Welcome to..." sign there was always a little bump.

Of course, there's a little bump every couple of yards on practically every highway in the world. But it sounded so plausible!

The hilarious part is that my sister believed this until she was in her TWENTIES!

Mike B

When I used to see the signs that said "WRONG WAY" posted on ramps to and from the highway I always used to think to myself "how do they know it's the wrong way, it may be the right way(direction) for someone to go home"

yaddayaddayadda

I used to think the road signs "no outlet" meant that whoever lived down those roads didn't have electrical plug-ins.

Anon

until i was about 9, i was very confused about the sign "blind driveway". i figured either a blind person lived there or somehow the driveway had gone blind.

i also couldn't come to understand "deaf children" signs. even if deaf children read it they wouldnt know what to do. there were no instructions or anything!

lc

I grew up in South Africa. Road names are marked as R10 or R60 etc. The currency in South Africa is the Rand (note the capital R), so I believed that the R10 or R60 signs I saw along the road, was the amount of the fine you would get if you were speeding on that road.

Natasja

When I was in elementary school, (before I knew the concept of so many feet equaled a mile), I always thought that a mile was the distance between 2 road signs. So, when I figured this out I thought I must be traveling lots of miles, even though I was only going to school.

Michele

I used to believe that the road sign for slippery roads (the back of a car with squiggly lines behind it, on a yellow background) actually meant, "beware of busses on tall squiggly legs." I could picture these towering busses on wobbly legs attempting to step over traffic. I still have to tell myself that that isn't what they've depicted.

Moonchild

When we were in the car as we drove past the No entry sign my 2 cousins Danielle and Kirsty told me that that ment no talking if your under 5, I carried on beleiving that for a long time.. Kids can be so cruel.. But i do use it on mine now

Olivia

I used to believe that the Speed Limit signs were pronounced "Speed Lime". Apparently I had seen something in French with a silent T at the end, and thought all T's on the end of words were silent. To this day I read it that way in my head while I'm driving. "Speed Lime 45."

Jocelyn

The yellow and black signs that showed the car swerving when the street was wet, were always giant car creatures with wiggly snake-like legs. Thank goodness the signs warned us when the car creatures were coming!

Puck

My parents had me convinced (and I still cant do it) that if you ran the vacuume over the cord, you would die. And they told me that the yellow lines in the middle of the road are where runaway kids have to walk. Also, the "watch for falling rocks" signs meant that you had to watch for a little runaway indian boy named Falling Rocks.

Tanya

I used to think that "No standing signs" meant that you weren't allowed to actually stand in the area!

Anon

When I asked my mom what the
"School X-ing" sign meant, she said that at one point during school, all the kids in that school would line up in a row and draw x's up and down the street and that was the school x-ing.

Anon

I used to believe the sign "no shoulders" meant you couldn't make particular shoulder movements while driving. I could NEVER understand what "soft shoulders" meant. (Now I do)

Anon

On the A40, at the outskirts of London is Northolt Airfield. Where the road crosses the centre line of the main runway, the lamp posts are cut down in size. I used to believe (because my father told me)that this was where lamp-posts were grown.

Anon

I used to think that signs that read "No Outlet" (meaning a dead-end road) meant that the people on that street had no electrical outlets in their homes. I used to feel so bad for all of the people without electricity and wonder why they would live there.

Robin L.

I used to believe that when seeing a road sign saying "BLIND DRIVE" it meant to watch out because there were blind people driving around.

Candra

The road signs on California freeways depict the California Poppy. Driving by the signs on the freeways I always thought they looked like tornados and so thought that we were at risk for getting sucked up into one at any time!

I warned my mother about this at some point in life and she laughed and laughed...then explained what the signs were.

Not in Kansas Anymore...