When my mom and her siblings were little, my grandpa used to warn them that they'd get, "a ticket" if they ever did something bad. He was a huge guy, but a gentle giant. Nevertheless, I don't think they ever dared find out what "a ticket" was.

Thom

My parents always used to drive really slowly when they passed a police car, and when I asked why they told me it was because police officers would give them tickets if they drove too fast. I thought that anybody who gave my mom or dad a ticket must be evil, but I was confused because in the movies police officers were good. I came to the conclusion that cops in blue uniforms were good, and cops in black uniforms were bad.

Clueless cop

I knew that Scotland Yard was something to do with the police, but I couldn't figure out why the Scottish always had to solve crimes, no matter where in Britain they occurred.

Anon

When I was young and I played up in the car, my mum told me to behave or she'd leave me in the car and DoCS (Department Of Community Services) would take me away. It was only natural for me to assume that "the docs" were mean men who stole naughty children from cars. How naive was I?

What's up DoCS?

When I was little I asked my dad how police knew when people were speeding. He told me they where just always around watching. So for the longest time I used to beleive there where people living in the trees and when we were driving I used to always stare out the window thinking I would see somebody living in one.

Sarah

Up until I was about 7...my mother always told us to NEVER stand up in the car, cuz a cop would pull us over...I thought that they had some sort of x-ray goggles (explains constant sunglasses) that they could see through cars and see if you were standing up...so I ALWAYS made sure I never stood up in the car......

megz

When the police are talking about "rap sheets," I thought that the criminals were making rap music.

Anon

I used to belive that the law was a number of rules on a notice board outside Buckingham Palace.

Nathan Vasey

i thought that if you broke the law a officer would come and hit you with a night stick

Ron

When i was little, I saw a sign in a store that said "shoplifters will be prosecuted."

I somehow got it into my little head that if you tried to steal your hands would be chopped off.

Kate

When I was a kid back in the mid 70's they sere just starting to push the no drinking while driving law. One day while I was out with my aunt we stopped to eat lunch. She didn't finish her frink and she took it with her. I bit my tongue as long as I could then I saw a cop and I blurted out "AWWWWW Aunt Linda your not sposed to drink and drive!"

Leah

my sis used to tell me that if i will not have my nails cut,the police will take me with them.man how shweet we were :)

ulu ulu

I used to think if you got a parking ticket, you spent the rest of your life in jail!

Dixie Chicks Fan

My friend's kids used to come into the room, holding their little fingers like a gun and yell, "Hands in the air, you're under duress!!" Or alternatively, "You're under the rest!" We still say this to them, thought as high schoolers they know that it is Under Arrest.

Anon

The cops would frequently stop our car and give my dad "tickets". When I was young, I thought they were tickets to the movies or something. So when the cops pulled my dad over, I would ask my dad what show we got tickets, too.

Anon

I used to think that semi truck drivers could pull you over and give you a speeding ticket.

Wolff

When I was about 6 I thought it was the funniest thing in the world to prank call 411. One day I called them and spoke in a French accent. When the man answered the phone, I asked, in French, if he spoke French, and was (unpleasantly) surprised to hear him say "oui," considering I myself knew no French beyond "Do you speak French?" He proceeded to ask me something in French. Not knowing what to do, I assumed that he was saying, "city and state please," seeing as that was what they usually said when you called 411. I replied, after a long pause, "Uh...Paris, France" and the guy immediately sighed and said, "Alright, for impersonating a Frenchman, that's a fine of $250 dollars..." Terrified, I hung up before he could even finish his sentence, and for at least two years after that, I lived in genuine fear of receiving a massive bill from the 411 people or being hunted down by the FBI. I never prank called 411 again.

Sofia

During the summer my mom and dad would alwasy bring water in the car with them and i use to think they were breaking teh law cuz they were drinking and driving and i was scared that someday they were gonna get caught by the police and go to jail.

Kate

I used to believe that it was aganst the law to eat snow! and the police would come to take you away!

Katie Lyn

I thought Jaywalking meant you crossed the street without looking both ways and holding an adults hand... I think I was 12 before I realised that I wasn't jaywalking when I didn't look both ways..

Anon