[jimmygrapes]

I would be confused as well, since every car I've driven that has manual controls for these have been the opposite: push for low beam, pull for high beam: stalk goes down for right turn, up for left turn, steering wheel...

...

oh wait. You are trying to trick me, aren't you!

[jamesmaniscalco]

Regarding the turn signals - do you use a right-hand-drive car? Is the turn signal stalk on the right side? OP's description is consistent with my left-hand-drive experience, with the stalk on the left.

[devilbunny]

It is on at least one Japanese car. It was a JDM model that had been imported to Turks and Caicos. A Suzuki, IIRC. The Volvo I rented in the UK had the stalk on the left.

But in either case, if you just imagine which way you would flick the stalk if you extended your fingers while making a turn, you'll flick it the correct way.