When I first encountered a childproof lock on a car door, I thought it could somehow detect how old you were when you tried to open it, and that it would not open if you were below a certain age.
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- I thought if I left the door open too long, a dog would come from the cupboard in the washroom and eat me
Anon - i used 2 believe when i left my closet door open at
night a skelleton would pop out and wave at me— bex - I used to think that 'Child Locking' only worked on children and that older people could still open the door.— Anonymous Whistleblower
- When i went to a funeral only a bit of the coffin was open so i thought when u died you turned into a migit.— Andrew
- When my favorite Uncle died, I thought if I stared at him in his coffin he would open his eyes and be alive.— Cindy
- I used to believe that if you sneezed with your eyes open you would die!— Becky