i used to think that whoever got up the earliest decided which way to drive on either side of the road. i then thought i had this figured out, but the i saw a video from England (I live in the U.S.) and the people were driving on the wrong side. i then went back to my theory of the one who gets up first decides which way to drive.
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- I thought you were supposed to drive down the center of the road.— Cassiopeia
- Because of cartoons, I thought that to drive you'd just turn the steering wheel back and forth constantly. — Mitsuki
- I used to believe that if I chewed on one side of my mouth too much the other side would get jealous.Anon
- i used to believe people were put in coffins because they were special cars that could drive you to heaven!— jym
- I was told that if you sleep on your back you swallow your tongue...I have been sleeping on my side ever since— scotty la
- I used to believe that if I closed one eye, the people on that side couldn't see me.— KM