when i was little my mum was driving on a motorway when i saw a "rescue speed" sign where i got very excited as i thought we were goin to race an ambulance or something - i later learned it was a "reduce speed" sign
A childhood belief about road signs

others believed things like this
- I thought for the longest time that a No Standing traffic sign meant no person should stand near that sign.— Shannon
- I used to believe that the "no outlet" sign on roads was a warning to people driving electric cars.— c
- I thought that if you were speeding and hit a speed bump, it would cause your car to fly into the air.— SeñorChaCha
- When my wife was a kid, she used to think that highway speed bumps were for the blind.Anon
- I used to believe that speed bumps were dead bodies that had been paved over.— Natalie
- I always had to sleep with my feet under the covers or else speed racer would drive over them.Anon