When I was little I used to believe that the reason seat belts in cars would cut out suddenly when you pulled them too quickly was so that when a robber tried to steal your car, it would slow them down when they were trying frantically to put their seat belt on and drive away!
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- That if you didn't have your seat belt buckled up when the car was in motion, it would crash.— Dave Smith
- I thought the no overtaking sign meant that red cars cannot drive by black cars.— Helen
- I used to think you could get pregnant by sitting on a toilet seat.— Lisa
- I used to think that boy's lifted the toilet seat to pee because their asses were too big.— sydo
- A motorcycle was started by jumping up and down and bouncing on the seat.Anon
- I used to belive that if you didn't hold onto hte toilet seat you would fall in.— silly