When I was younger, and watched old movies of people driving cars and moving the steering wheel left and right rapidly, I beleived that the faster they moved the wheel the faster the car actually went.
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- 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 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 used to believe that there was special metal laid in the motorways that made the cars go faster!!— angela
- i used to think that the faster you go in your car, the faster the car radio went.— Matt
- i used to believe that when i grew up i was going to become the wheel of a truckAnon