My older brother told me that if you hit the "panic " button for your car, police would come to save you from whatever it was you were panicking about.
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- When I was younger, my brother told me the police had an infra-red system and could see into everyones house.— Clare, Ireland
- I thought that when you pressed the hazzard button in the car, the dukes of hazzard would come and save you.— smfd26
- My brother told me that I would turn into a boy when I got older. It made me cry.— Sarah
- I thought the song "Karma Police" was actually saying "call the police" before I learned the title— Alberto Richardson
- When I used to see the sign 'police accident' I thought it meant that a police car had crashed.Anon
- I used to eat doggy chocs until my older brother told me that if I did I would have puppies.— EG