I used to think that the railing you see on highways was what made the road called a "turnpike" and so was confused when I would see them on regular streets.
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that it was the law to hold the railing when you're walking down/up stairs— Brit
- I used to believe that brown cows made chocolate milk and white cows made regular milk.— andrew mient
- I used to believe that the solid double yellow lines on highways were the motorcycle lane.— jeech
- I used to believe green houses were made of icicles, because that is what they looked like from the road. Anon
- I use to beleive that Motorways had special tarmac on the road that made the wheels go faster— Nada
- I used to believe that there were two kinds of "P": the regular one, and the elemeno P.
L-M-N-O-P.— Megan