I used to think that you had to stop at a stop sign and count to five, and then you could keep going. it never occured to me that you had to look for other cars...but then, i was very young.
A childhood belief about road signs

others believed things like this
- I thought if 3 cards stopped at a 3-way stop sign then they had to stop forever until Christmas.Anon
- When I was young, I used to belive that
if you pushed the stop button in the bus it would stop for good.— Tom (Norway) - I thought the no overtaking sign meant that red cars cannot drive by black cars.— Helen
- When I was young, I thought that rice was actually ants eggs! Didn't stop me from eating it though (: -@— Doh!
- i used to believe (when i was little) i could make the wind stop and start by saying, "stop" and "start"— Ali
- I used to believe that the "no outlet" sign on roads was a warning to people driving electric cars.— c