I used to think that the "lane merge ahead" sign was someone trying to paint the number 11 who just could NOT get it right. I also thought we took this Route 11 everywhere we went.
A childhood belief about road signs

others believed things like this
- I used to think that the Eagle's song "Life in the Fast Lane" was actually "Pike in the Bass Lane."— Quilla
- I thought for the longest time that a No Standing traffic sign meant no person should stand near that sign.— Shannon
- when i was little i believed that your social security number was the number you were born on the earth — christine
- When I was little, I thought that clouds were made by someone spraying white spray paint onto air.— Hadla
- I thought that the jetstream from planes was white paint. Which was constantly poured out from the plane.— Tore
- i used to believe that the "fast lane" actually had some sort of tracks on it that made you go faster.— erin