I always wondered what "sheerwait" was. As it seemed to cause so many delays when the travel news came on I figured it must be pretty bad! It wasn't until I was about 19 that it suddenly clicked they were saying "sheer weight of traffic".
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- I used to belive that there was a god living in every traffic light, controlling the traffic!— Sukhi
- I used to believe my dad was the best male figure in the world and wondered why he wasn't president already.— Ivy :)
- i used to belive anon was an actual person untill i clicked on it just a secon ago lol— lolz
- I thought it was impossible for anyone to lift more than their own body weight. Just seemed to make sense..— Xenomorph
- When I was little I used to think that it was impossible to travel to the moon because I saw it very small
— Kautar - I used to believe that other coutries were other planets and you had to travel in a spaceship to go to Africa.— Sarah Jane