My Dad convinced me that the button on the top of the emergency brake in the car, if pressed, would eject him from the car through the roof, and leave me in danger in a car with no Daddy driving it. I guess this kept me from pressing it, but its a good thing I never got angry with him.
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- I thought that when you pressed the hazzard button in the car, the dukes of hazzard would come and save you.— smfd26
- I thought that a person's motorskills meant how good they were at driving!Anon
- I used to believe that you could catch AIDS from just looking at a nud girl. Good thing I was WRONG— Mbm4615
- When I was young, I used to belive that
if you pushed the stop button in the bus it would stop for good.— Tom (Norway) - When I was younger I use to think that my blanket would protect me from every danger in the World — Maxence
- when the sign on the highway said do not pass and dad did i thought he would be in great dangerAnon