When I was little I used to believe that little men would run up the light reflectors posted on the side of the highways so we can have a "lighted outline" of the edge of the road all the way home.
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the cats eyes in the road...reflectors...were the eyeballs from real cats.— Liza P.
- I used to think the reflectors in the middle of roads were pieces of cheese!Anon
- I used to believe that the solid double yellow lines on highways were the motorcycle lane.— jeech
- I used to believe that if I chewed on one side of my mouth too much the other side would get jealous.Anon
- When I was younger, I thought I could run and fall off the edge of the earth. Anon
- I used to believe you could walk on clouds. And you would be able to walk in space on the edge of the world.— Alex