Heh, this is pretty silly, but when I was a kid, I always noticed that the signal lights in the van I was always driven around in somehow started blinking a few seconds before my mother turned the van. Naturally, I came to the conclusion that the van knew where to go and kept on blinking those lights to show my mom where to go.
A childhood belief about cars

you weren't the only one
83 of you believed this
- I used to think that the turn signal told my mom where to go.— Jenna
- I thought that cars could only make turns when you used the turn signals...— Toby
- I used to belive that the turn signals in a car were automatic & they told you where to go!— Lauren
- I used to believe that blinkers helped the driver turn easier.— Blinking Idiot
- I used to think that when people turned the turen signal on (on your car) that that would make the car turn— tracy
- i used to believe that the car knew which way you were about to turn when your turning signal was in useAnon