I thought for the longest time that a No Standing traffic sign meant no person should stand near that sign.
A childhood belief about road signs

others believed things like this
- I thought the “Slippery When Wet” traffic sign was a car that had grown long bendy legs.Anon
- I thought that the sign "!" meant: "look at the wonderful landscape"— Giorgos
- I thought that the "don't walk" sign at crosswalks meant to run across the street as quickly as possible!— richard
- When I used to see a sign saying "Littering Fine" I thought they meant if you littered REAL GOOD!— Lou V.
- I used to think that "No standing signs" meant that you weren't allowed to actually stand in the area!Anon
- my mom believed when she was little that a street sign that said don't walk meant you better run.— Sara Mclen