I used to think the road we lived on was the longest road on the planet. In reality it's about 50 miles long. Today, I drive the length of it regularly when visiting relatives.
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- I thought you were supposed to drive down the center of the road.— Cassiopeia
- I used to believe that "the motorway" was one big long road that went absolutely anywhere in the world!!!Anon
- I used to think you could drive to heaven to visit your friends and relatives who had died before....— wombat
- I used to believe the "Yield" from the road sign was somebody's name.— julia
- I used to call the shoulder of the road, the elbow.Anon
- My mum used to tell me that someone was delivering bricks at the top of our road when it thundered!— Deb