You know how school buses have those signs that say "STATE LAW STOP (while bus is loading and unloading)?" I thought that the "STATE LAW STOP" meant that laws didn't apply when you rode the bus. I assumed that criminals rode these buses because they wouldn't be able to get in trouble on them. It seemed like I saw these buses a lot (logically, since they were dropping kids off from school every day). I always wondered why police officers didn't bother to chase them. The buses were full; the officers could catch a lot of criminals that way!
A childhood belief about buses

others believed things like this
- When I was a little kid. I thought that police officers were a gang of mean people who bullied others.— LOOL
- I used to believe police officers can't get arrested.— Anonymous
- When the police are talking about "rap sheets," I thought that the criminals were making rap music.Anon
- I believed that traffic lights had police officers inside them, turning the lights on and off...— CrowHeart
- Having seen enough red octagonal STOP signs in my time, I used to look out for green circular GO signs.— Gary
- When I was young whenever I rode on an airplane I always thought we were traveling to another planet. — Dennis Rueda