Some really smart kid told me that the sensation of movement while in a car was an illusion. Really, it was the earth turning. I was ready to buy this until I noticed cars coming in the opposite direction - then I became very confused.
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the wind was from the earth turning.Anon
- i used to believe the turning signals on cars helped them turn sharp corners.— Julia
- i used to believe that smart people were smart because they drank a lot of teaAnon
- I thought the no overtaking sign meant that red cars cannot drive by black cars.— Helen
- I used to believe that God was like a puppeteer, controlling every single movement we made. — Carrie C. in PA
- When I was young I used to believe that Euthanasia was a youth movement in Asia- how naive is that!!!— Ruth