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I used to believe…

It used to really scare me when I would see the falling rocks sign in the mountains. I would be on constant lookout for boulders hurling down the mountain toward our car.

I used to believe that if you were to shine a flashlight up in the sky you could make the planes crash. I have a feeling some adult told me that so I would keep the flashlight pointed down. I believed it until I was about 22 when my boyfriend was on a camping trip with my family. I freaked out when he shined a flashlight up in the sky. I got laughed at by the entire family and still to this day they make fun of me. My boyfriend (now husband) will never let me forget it.

I used to believe…

When I was little, everytime we came to a traffic light with a crosswalk and the stop hand was flashing, I would start chanting "stop, stop, stop" until the red stop hand finally stopped. I really believed I was stopping it!

I used to believe…

When I was little, I didn't know one car make and model from another. Once, I saw a red car and asked my dad what it was. he told me it was a Ford, and from that day forward (until years later), I believed that all red cars were Fords.

I used to believe…

Ever heard of the Runcorn bridge in Cheshire, England? Runcorn is my home town. If you've never heard of it, just picture the Sydney Harbour Bridge, it looks identical except it's green and the Sydney one is just slightly bigger. Got that? Well the bridge dominates the Runcorn skyline, and when I was very small I used to think that cars actually drove over the top of the arch of the bridge (you couldn't see the road from my part of town). I got quite a surprise the first time I actually went across on the road, but also felt a bit let down!

I was almost ten years old before I realized that the "Do Not Pass" signs on highways meant something altogether different. For years, I just assumed that everyone on the road was a terrible scofflaw, a belief reinforced by the way my father always slowed down and tried to be inconspicuous when a police car appeared.

I used to think that there were little tiny green men under the ground that watched people at stop lights and determined when to change the light to green, yellow, or red.

I used to believe…

when i was young my mother lost her license to drive (missed placed it). and she told my father(back then they had the paper ones) He wanted her to go to the store for him, well she told him that she lost her license and could not drive. i thought when a person lost thier license, they forgot how to drive just went "poof" from the memory yea i was a dumb kid, but i did get smarter thought the years and when i lost mine i did remember how to drive,only slower.

I used to believe…

As a child I would notice the "Road slick when wet signs" (with the wavy lines below the silhouette of the car) and think that it was a warning that this crazy octopus creature could be found on that stretch of road.

I used to believe that various cars with exhaust pipes (tailpipes) when the smoke came out, that's what made the car move. i.e. if tailpipe came straight out the back, that made the car go FAST, if it came out to the side, means it went SLOW.

I used to believe…

When I was little driving in the car I would see the "crossover" signs for miles at a time, I always thought it was a really big city whitm like a million billion people that was somewhere sorta to the left of wherever I was

I used to believe…

When I was about 6 or 7, my father and I were driving in his car and he used the window washer fluid to clean off the front window. Curious, I asked him where that water came from. His explaination for it was that there was a little man who lived under the car hood and peed upward to clean off the window. Everytime after that, when he used the window washer fluid, I was always say 'Its the little man, peeing again.' and then he would always go 'Yep, thats right' and smiled at me. I believe his reasoning behind it for about a year until my mom finally told me the real story about window washer fluid and where it came from when she overheard me telling my dad that the little man was peeing again. I have yet to fully forigve my father for that one, he's still pulling stuff like that on me.

I used to believe…

When I was a little girl, I believed that pink cars didn't exist. I think some kids in the kindergarten had told me that. So, one day when we were on a bus trip somewhere, we saw a pink car, and of course I got really surprised..

I used to believe that the big puff of smoke that comes from the exhaust of a car in th winter was a ghost following that car. I would never walk behind a car, not even a parked one- afraid the ghost would come out and get me!

I used to believe that if I was to fly from one state to another I was actually flying to another globe! When I got a little older and saw maps, I thought that if you were in the air you'd actually see the lines separating each state. Luckily I've grown up since then and gotten a wee bit smarter. :)

I used to believe…

Whenever we were out driving we would pass the signs saying " slow children" as they would want you to slow down. I being the kid i was, would eagerly look out the windows for kids moving in slow motion.