When we'd drive in our car and I saw signs that said "Speed limit enforced by radar" I had never seen a police radar gun, so I thought it meant there were people hunched over big round radar screens somehow watching you drive.
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- I always had to sleep with my feet under the covers or else speed racer would drive over them.Anon
- I used to believe that the "cruise control" button in cars meant that the car could drive/maneauver itself.— Myriam
- I thought the no overtaking sign meant that red cars cannot drive by black cars.— Helen
- i used to believe people were put in coffins because they were special cars that could drive you to heaven!— jym
- When I used to see the sign 'police accident' I thought it meant that a police car had crashed.Anon
- I thought you were supposed to drive down the center of the road.— Cassiopeia