I still cannot come up with a reason why I believed this, but when I was little, I was convinced that it was illegal for children to ride in a car. So, one day, I solemnly promised my mom that if we were pulled over by the police, I would hide under the seats so the police couldn't see me. She stared at me in utter disbelief.
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- I thought the song "Karma Police" was actually saying "call the police" before I learned the title— Alberto Richardson
- I wanted to be a police officer as a kid because I believe police officer's couldn't die.— Sam
- When I used to see the sign 'police accident' I thought it meant that a police car had crashed.Anon
- My daddy used to think that there was a children-police that killed children who was bad— jonnie
- I believed that traffic lights had police officers inside them, turning the lights on and off...— CrowHeart
- I used to belive a police could never die.— dainiella