My mother told my little brother and I that the cigarette lighter in the car was a detonation device that would make the car explode.
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- When I was 7 my brother told me that when the space of the computer runs out it will explode.— Sam
- My brother once told me that if you burp and fart at the same time, you'd explode— Aubrey
- When I was little, I thought that bug spray would make bugs explode and disappear. Anon
- If you swallowed chewing gum it would make a balloon inside you and your stomach would explodeAnon
- I used to belive that if you pushed the lighter button in a car it would tranforme it into a batmobile Anon
- my mom told me that if i held in too many farts, i would explode. i took it seriously.— ginger