I used to believe that taxis (with their rooftop lights) were a division of the Police, and I always scrambled to check that my seatbelt was on when one drove by.
A childhood belief about police

others believed things like this
- I believed that traffic lights had police officers inside them, turning the lights on and off...— CrowHeart
- If the lights in the car were on, you'd get arrested by the policeAnon
- I thought the song "Karma Police" was actually saying "call the police" before I learned the title— Alberto Richardson
- When I used to see the sign 'police accident' I thought it meant that a police car had crashed.Anon
- I used to think that if you didn't put on your seatbelt, you WOULD crash.— Mer
- i used to believe that if your seatbelt was un-done the car wouldn't move or work at allAnon