When I was a little girl and we were driving in the car, I always thought the signs in the residential areas that read "speed radar controlled" meant that my dad couldn't drive any faster than the speed limit because his car was controlled by a radar beam!
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- I always had to sleep with my feet under the covers or else speed racer would drive over them.Anon
- I used to think that Mice controlled the Stop lights and crosswalk signs.Anon
- I used to believe that giant barbies controlled us like we controlled little barbies— freaky stuff
- I thought that if you were speeding and hit a speed bump, it would cause your car to fly into the air.— SeñorChaCha
- When I was little, I was thought that little elves controlled the traffic lights..— Rosie
- I thought traffic lights were controlled by little men who lived inside them. Anon