I thought that the "No Passing" sign on a road meant you weren't allow to drive past the sign, and I thought everyone was breaking the law.
A childhood belief about road signs

others believed things like this
- I used to think that we were breaking a law every time my mom passed a "Do Not Pass" sign on the road. — Kyra
- I thought for the longest time that a No Standing traffic sign meant no person should stand near that sign.— Shannon
- I thought the no overtaking sign meant that red cars cannot drive by black cars.— Helen
- i always thought that a DEAD END sign
as where they put all the road kill.
— pav - I thought that the sign "!" meant: "look at the wonderful landscape"— Giorgos
- I used to believe the "Yield" from the road sign was somebody's name.— julia