When I was little, my dad would always bring home random gifts that "fell off the truck." For years, I thought that trucks had these faulty doors that, at any moment, could pop open and spill its contents.
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that semi trucks were cement trucks, and that actual semis were just big trucks.— Joe Schmoe
- On TV game sows when they said the winners were chosen "at random" I thought random was a town.Anon
- I wanted to grow up and be a truck. Not a truck driver, a truck. Anon
- I used to think that my mom had to buy ice cubes from the store and bring them home to fill up the trays.— Shawna
- I thought Santa was going to be sent to jail for stealing gifts from Toys R Us.— Sandy
- I thought that ice cream trucks were the only vehicles that couldn't kill you if you got hit.
Anon