When I was little, I would always yell at my dad for drinking pop or water when he was driving. I always thought that when people said that it was bad to "drink and drive", I thought it meant that ALL drinking and driving was bad. I didnt realize that it meant just alcoholic drinks.
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- i used to believe that drinking and driving was when you were drinking while driving— fay
- I used to believe that if you smoked a cigarette while drinking an alcoholic beverage you would blow up!— Sue
- I thought that a person's motorskills meant how good they were at driving!Anon
- I always thought there was a drinking age for coffee, because it was an adult drink like beer and wine.Anon
- I used to belive that it was Illeagal to drink ANY beverage while driving, not just alcohol.— Emma*
- I would think that every car that either my mom or dad wasnt driving a ghost was drivingAnon