I used to believe that cars with red lights had to drive on the right side of the road and that cars with white lights had to drive on the left side of the road. It didn't occur to me that all cars have red lights in back and white lights in front.
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- I thought the no overtaking sign meant that red cars cannot drive by black cars.— Helen
- I believed that traffic lights had police officers inside them, turning the lights on and off...— CrowHeart
- I used to believe that the sky had stop lights and road signs floating about for the airplanes.
— LoonaSM's - when i was about 5-8 i used to believe that oompa loompas lived in traffic lights and controlled the lights!!— ~wierd ~
- I used to believe that self drive cars actually drove themselves!Anon
- I used to believe that cars grew and that our car would grow to big to go under the McDonalds drive-thru.— Mary Ellen