I thought if you did the gearshift or anything the wrong way on a car, it would blow up. When I was 13, my grandpa decided to have me drive and I refused saying I might blow up the car. He insisted and I was so terrified the whole time that I would only go about 5 miles an hour.
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- I used to think that if you didn't blow your nose and just sniffed the snot up, you head would blow up.Anon
- when i was little i used to beleive that if i coughed, sneezed and farted at the same time i would blow up— fart
- I was told in first grade that if you fart burp and sneeze at the same time you would blow up— bob doodle
- I used to belive that if you drank soda pop and ate pop rocks at the same time, your head would blow up. — erin
- I thought if i picked my nose too many times, my head would blow up.— i m a moron
- I thought if something was radioactive it meant if you turn on a radio near it it would blow up— Nate