When I was little I asked what the parking brake in my mom's car was for, and she said something about it being for hills. For as long as we had that car I was convinced that you pressed the button on the end of that lever to fire rockets out the back of the car to help you get up steep hills.
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the hills were buried dinosaurs.— mellybug11
- that hills were giants buried underground...— tracy g
- When traveling, I used to believe the hills and mountains were graves for giants.— seattle
- I thought hills were dragons sleeping under the grassAnon
- I thought that when you pressed the hazzard button in the car, the dukes of hazzard would come and save you.— smfd26
- If you stood in front of the fire for too long your spine would melt!— Helen, Cumbria