As a kid I thought grownups made the car move by turning the steering wheel back and forth. The faster you moved the steering wheel, the faster the car went. Not sure how old I was when I finally noticed the gas and brake pedals.
A childhood belief about cars
others believed things like this
- I used to think that drivers accelerated by turning the steering wheel.Anon
- Because of cartoons, I thought that to drive you'd just turn the steering wheel back and forth constantly. — Mitsuki
- I once thought that there were little mice under the wheel on Wheel of Fortune making the wheel move— Kara
- i used to think that the faster you go in your car, the faster the car radio went.— Matt
- i used to believe that the "fast lane" actually had some sort of tracks on it that made you go faster.— erin
- I used to believe that there was special metal laid in the motorways that made the cars go faster!!— angela