I thought that the picture of the swerving car on the “Road may be slippery ahead” signs was a car that had big robot legs.
A childhood belief about road signs

others believed things like this
- Having seen enough red octagonal STOP signs in my time, I used to look out for green circular GO signs.— Gary
- When I was a kid I always thought that a water tower was the robot from the TV show "Lost in Space".— sherryj
- when i was little i always asked my mom if my aunt had ant legs or people legs.— kelly
- I used to think a female daddy-long-legs was called a "mummy-long-legs".Anon
- I used to believe that drinking vinegar would turn you into a robot.Anon
- My friend managed to convince a gulliable kid at various stages of school that he was superman and a robot.— naff