I thought that when you were driving there was someone at the front of all the cars... Like it was a line... and i thought the person at the front of the line must have a lot of pressure on his/her back. I didn't understand the concept that people actually had to go somewhere.
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- I used to believe, driving in front of all the other cars on the highway, Knight Rider was leading the pack.— Michael Kolassa
- I used to believe that a "punch line" meant a line of people waiting to dip punch from a punch bowl.— Sheila
- On motorways the person at the front of the traffic had set out
first— andy - I used to believe that when you had cancer, your bottom would be in front instead of in back. Anon
- I used to believe that the "no outlet" sign on roads was a warning to people driving electric cars.— c
- I thought that people were like cars because cars have exhaust pipes, and people fart.— Matt