When I was five years old, I believed that a car's cruise control was actually a hot dog in a bun with a baseball cap on. He would jump out from under the driver's seat and step on the gas for you.
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- I thought that cruise control was like autopilot i.e the car would just drive itself if you turned it on— Yqatuba
- I used to believe that the "cruise control" button in cars meant that the car could drive/maneauver itself.— Myriam
- I used to believe that the remote control could control all the things in my house, including my dog.— Felipe
- i thought 'locus of control" was spelled as "locust of control".. like the bugAnon
- When I was little I used to belive that girrafes were made to play baseball because they had long necks— Matt
- I thought for some reason that chewing tobacco was REQUIRED for Major League Baseball players.— Jeff