I thought that the bright headlights of cars just automatically went dim when another car was approaching. Back then, cars had the dimmer switch for the headlights on the floor, so I never saw my father using it to dim the lights.
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that cars were alive and their headlights were eyes.— Wiley
- I thought the no overtaking sign meant that red cars cannot drive by black cars.— Helen
- I thought small cars grew up to become big cars— carhugger
- I used to believe that God was the one playing "cars" with our cars. Sounds weird hey?— Roe
- I thought that people were like cars because cars have exhaust pipes, and people fart.— Matt
- I thought that cars could only make turns when you used the turn signals...— Toby