Once I was in the car with my mom and I heard a ticking noise and asked her what it was. She said 'the signal' and so I thought she was somehow communicating with the other drivers telepathically and that's how she knew when it was okay to turn.
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- We used to turn our walkie talkies on high at night and believed were communicating with aliens!— Dreamy
- I used to think that the turn signal told my mom where to go.— Jenna
- i thought it was a law that bus drivers had to wave to each other when they passed— ande
- i knew that if you ate beets your urine would turn pink and i thought if it was pink, then you could drink it.— JP
- Whenever I went to bed, I use to believe that when i flicked my light on and off I would signal aliens. — Laura.
- I used to think that drivers accelerated by turning the steering wheel.Anon