My dad was always mysterious about the release button on the emergency break and the 5th gear button on his old 1983 Volvo Station Wagon. I think I used to think that the handbrake button controlled an ejector seat and the 5th gear button was some sort of boost.
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i used to believe that the car knew which way you were about to turn when your turning signal was in use
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I thought when a road sight said Dead End that someone had actually died there.
When I was little, I use to think that the airliners really high in the sky were spaceships. I always wondered why the spaceships left trails of smoke behind them, especially because I was told smoke couldn't exist in space. Then one day my dad let me use his binoculars. I wanted to see what these spaceships looked like, but when I focused in on one, I was shocked to see that it was a regular old plane.
I remember when I was little, and my mom would drive me to my Aunt's house every day before she went to work, that the car gave her directions on how to get there. I had no idea my mom was turning the blinker on.
I used to believe that helicopters were the fastest type of transportation, simply because they crossed the sky the fastest.
I used to think that we were breaking a law every time my mom passed a "Do Not Pass" sign on the road.
When riding in a car, I was always TERRIFIED that when we were turning, we were going to tip over. Thus, every time we turned, I would subtly lean the opposite direction, just to make sure my weight kept the car upright.
I used to believe the traffic lights could be changed if you concentrated hard enough. I used to practice on the bus every day and my sister always complained how I made weird faces.
When I was a kid my dad always told me that the button to reset the trip odometer in the car was actually a button that would fire missiles at the car ahead of you, removing it from your path. He never let me touch it.
During an ice storm, I went with my father to pick up my sister, whose power had gone out. We were both about 10 or 11. We convinced her that every time we drove over a downed power line, we would have to lift our feet so we didn't get shocked and die. We're 12 now. She just found out we were kidding.
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whenever we went on a family road trip, i didn't understand that my parents were using a map to get to wherever we were going. i always thought they had memorized how to get anywhere in the country
When I was little, I used to think that if you drove on a road with a state for a name, it would take you to that state.
When i was a kid, my family flew to florida from virginia every summer. When we got above the clouds, I would always look out the window. I thought the clouds were snow, and wondered why we always flew over antarctica to get to florida.
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When I was a little kid, I used that think that cars bent when they turned.
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I used to think the reflectors in the middle of roads were pieces of cheese!
I used to believe that when you got stopped for speeding, you got three warnings from the police before you got a ticket.
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I used to think that drivers accelerated by turning the steering wheel.
I used to believe that every time a car was allowed to turn, the blinkers had to be turned on. So when my dad needed to turn and he didn't turn his blinker on, I screamed that we were all gonna die!
I thought when the blinker turned on in the car to turn right or left it had to read the driver's mind.