We used to travel a lot when I was a child, and whenever I saw tire tread on the road (from a blown tire on an 18-wheeler) I thought they had just "shed" the tire like a snake and magically had a new tire under it.
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- I thought that when you died, you had 2 weeks to be dead then you would magically wake up again, but as a babyAnon
- I thought all snakes were venomous and you always die if you get bit by a snake— Elviessa
- That Rabbit shed their tail when the seasons changed.— Jodi
- My brother (who was 6 at the time) would never flush the toilet in fear of our new house being blown up! Anon
- I thought that a travel visa was a special credit card which was used for travellingAnon
- I used to believe that if you jumped off the top of a bunk bed, you'd magically gain superpowers.Anon