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No, the steering wheel does not accelerate laterally. It just changes the direction of the front wheels which dictate the direction in which a vehicle is accelerated.
RCS thrusters for example are accelerators. A steering wheel is not.
Would the steering wheel have the accelerating wheel on the side of the car it is supposed to turn slow down (like how track tanks turn) it would be an accelerator.
When you turn the wheel, do you feel a g-force to the side? If yes, you’re accelerating.
Changing direction is not acceleration. You also experience inertia when changing directions.
You need to revisit the concept of centripetal acceleration. You are remembering incorrectly. Any change in the velocity vector is acceleration. That can be magnitude and/or direction.