My daughter was not quite three when I had a car accident. Apparently the one thing that stuck in her mind was that I hadn't been *(uncharacteristically mind you) been wearing my seat belt. She became convinced that if you didn't wear a seat belt you'd crash!
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- That if you didn't have your seat belt buckled up when the car was in motion, it would crash.— Dave Smith
- I used to believe that the Mormon Temple in Washington DC was Disney World. It sure does from the belt way.— William Scheren
- "Going to the jazz club in my mind"? Not me! "Going to Nebraska in my mind..."— Felix
- I used to belive that if you didn't hold onto hte toilet seat you would fall in.— silly
- When I was little I would always say in my mind, "I know you can read my mind", just in caseAnon
- whenever i heard a melody, i thought it stuck in my stomach when i heard it in my mindAnon