I used to believe that when my mom or dad would get pulled over for speeding or some other traffic violation that they were going to be arrested. As you can imagine that could be tramatizing for a child.
A childhood belief about police

others believed things like this
- I was told as a young child that if I didn't smile going past the police station, I wouldbe arrested.Anon
- I thought that if you were speeding and hit a speed bump, it would cause your car to fly into the air.— SeñorChaCha
- when i was little i believed that if you got three speeding tickets that you went to the electric chairAnon
- I used to think that semi truck drivers could pull you over and give you a speeding ticket.— Wolff
- I used to belive that there was a god living in every traffic light, controlling the traffic!— Sukhi
- i used to belive that if you swore you would be arrested— kd