Because of cartoons, I thought that to drive you'd just turn the steering wheel back and forth constantly.
A childhood belief about cars

others believed things like this
- I used to think that drivers accelerated by turning the steering wheel.Anon
- I once thought that there were little mice under the wheel on Wheel of Fortune making the wheel move— Kara
- For some reason I thought any 4X4 vehicle would pull a wheelie when switched into 2 wheel drive.— Richard Davies
- I thought that the jetstream from planes was white paint. Which was constantly poured out from the plane.— Tore
- i used to believe that when i grew up i was going to become the wheel of a truckAnon
- I used to believe that the moon was a big cheese wheelAnon