When I was a child I thought the road sign "pass with care" meant the people that lived in the houses there were really poor and we should take the time to care, not just drive right by.
A childhood belief about road signs

others believed things like this
- I used to think that we were breaking a law every time my mom passed a "Do Not Pass" sign on the road. — Kyra
- I used to believe the Do Not Pass signs on the roads meant you were'nt aloud to pass the sign. I was 14.Anon
- when I was little, I used to think that everyone was a child but someone invented adults to take care of us.— chocolate
- I used to think that Shamu was my whale and that he just lived at Sea World and they took care of him for me.Anon
- It never occured to me as a child that teachers lived in houses. I thought they lived at school...— Heidi, Pittsburgh, PA
- I thought for the longest time that a No Standing traffic sign meant no person should stand near that sign.— Shannon