My dad told me the hazard light button was actually for the ejection seat. And we didn't know which one it ejected. Thanks Dad.
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- I use to think the hazard lights button would cause the car to explode.— m0u5y
- I grew up in NY and used to believe that The Dukes Of Hazard took place during the Civil War.Anon
- I used to belive that if you didn't hold onto hte toilet seat you would fall in.— silly
- That if you didn't have your seat belt buckled up when the car was in motion, it would crash.— Dave Smith
- I never knew why boys had to lift up the toilet seat...until my friend told me that boys had bad aim.Anon
- When I was a kid my dad told me that if you unscrewed your belly button your bum would fall off.— Ann