My mom used to tell me that if I stuck my hand out the car window, my hand would get chopped off.
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- that if you stuck out your tongue at your mother, your hand would stick up out of the grave when you died.— Elaine. London
- I used to think that my right hand wasn't my right hand anymore if I turned around.— Mike
- I used to believe that I could actually cut the clouds with my hand.Anon
- I used to believe that if you put your hand in a venus fly trap it would eat it.Anon
- A hot totty was a hand warmer used in winter.— Kari
- If you bite your nails, a hand will grow in your stomach.— Miss Laura