I used to believe that the pictures of the people on a semi-circle in the parking lot of places (aka, the handicapped sign) meant that the place had restrooms.
A childhood belief about in the street

others believed things like this
- I thought for the longest time that a No Standing traffic sign meant no person should stand near that sign.— Shannon
- I used to believe that rounding a number meant drawing a circle around it.Anon
- Someone told me People and fish went to the same place.I thought they meant humans get flushed— MrK
- I used to believe that a street sign that read "Dead End" meant that there were dead people buried there.Anon
- I thought that the sign "!" meant: "look at the wonderful landscape"— Giorgos
- my mom believed when she was little that a street sign that said don't walk meant you better run.— Sara Mclen