When I was about 6, my brother once told me that, if he were to press the button you use to take your seatbelt off, the car would start driving at an enormous speed.
For four years, I was terrified of sitting in a car with him, because he threatened to make us crash into a wall.
A childhood belief about cars
others believed things like this
- I used to think that if you didn't put on your seatbelt, you WOULD crash.— Mer
- I used to believe that inside each volcano there was a guy who'd press a button to make it erupt.— Jim, UK
- I used to believe the Wall Street Crash of 1929 was a literal car crashing into a bank.Anon
- My older brother told me that speed bumps were really dead people covered in cement.— Trina
- I used to think that babies were made when you press your mums belly button.
Then a baby would fall out— Chris Hyndman - i used to believe (when i was little) i could make the wind stop and start by saying, "stop" and "start"— Ali