My mum was driving me to school one day when a BMW sped past really fast and went through a red light. She shook her head and said "BMWs don't have any brakes". From then on i thought they really didn't have any brakes and was worried every time I saw one.
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that if you spoke while driving past a graveyard that Frankenstein would come after you.— Sabrina R
- I used to believe the voice sped up at the end of ads was really just the world's fastest talker.Anon
- i thought going to school was getting on the bus and driving round all day until they dropped you off. Anon
- I didn't quite grasp the concept of time zones, and thought that Chinese kids went to school at night.— Giselle
- As a kid, I thought "No Outlet" signs meant the houses past that point didn't have any electrical outlets.— Julie
- When I was five or six, I was worried that I'd lost my heart because I didn't hear it beating.Anon