When I was a youngin', I believed that the button on the end of the "windshield wiper/cruse control lever", if pressed, would make the car self-destruct...since my mother never told me to touch it.
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the "cruise control" button in cars meant that the car could drive/maneauver itself.— Myriam
- I used to believe that If I stuck my finger really far inside of my belly button I could touch my insides.Anon
- I thought that when you pressed the hazzard button in the car, the dukes of hazzard would come and save you.— smfd26
- I used to believe that the remote control could control all the things in my house, including my dog.— Felipe
- i thought 'locus of control" was spelled as "locust of control".. like the bugAnon
- I used to believe that inside each volcano there was a guy who'd press a button to make it erupt.— Jim, UK