My Brother (then about 7 years old) thought that the beeps heard at Level Crossings were there to tell blind drivers when to stop!
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- i used to believe that the signs for curvy roads were for snake crossingsAnon
- I thought that the stripes of the zebra crossings was from a squashed zebra— Helen
- i thought it was a law that bus drivers had to wave to each other when they passed— ande
- I thought if 3 cards stopped at a 3-way stop sign then they had to stop forever until Christmas.Anon
- I used to believe that blind dates were dates for people who were blind.Anon
- I used to think that drivers accelerated by turning the steering wheel.Anon