Before I was big enough to see over the dash of the car, I used to believe that all stop signs were held up by road workers. It was okay to proceed when the worker ran away with the sign and hid in a bush. I thank my older sister for that belief.
A childhood belief about road signs

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the sky had stop lights and road signs floating about for the airplanes.
— LoonaSM's - Having seen enough red octagonal STOP signs in my time, I used to look out for green circular GO signs.— Gary
- I thought if 3 cards stopped at a 3-way stop sign then they had to stop forever until Christmas.Anon
- I used to belief sloths lived in trees outside my childhood home. My older sister told me so.Anon
- i thought president Bush was an actuall bush.— oops
- I used to beleive that road signs grew out of the ground.— Tiana