I used to think that cruise control meant the car steered itself. I always wondered how it knew when to take curves.
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 thought that cruise control was like autopilot i.e the car would just drive itself if you turned it on— Yqatuba
- 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 think Art Deco was Aunt Deco, and wondered who this famously artistic woman was meant to be.Anon
- I used to think that when I saw someone on TV whom I knew to be dead , it meant that it was his or her ghost.— Sophie