George-Pegios
The term amaxophobia comes from the Greek amaxos (carriage) and phobos (fear), that is, fear of driving, but it should not be confused with the apprehension suffered by many novice drivers and which disappears on its own with time and practice.
George Pegios Amaxophobia can manifest itself at any time with symptoms ranging from anxiety, agitation, or sweating at the prospect of driving a vehicle, to true, totally blocking panic attacks.
We call Amaxophobia the response of intense fear and disability that some people experience when driving a vehicle or simply thinking that they have to. In many cases, it starts with a major anxiety attack (sometimes a panic attack) while driving.
The intense feeling of loss of control caused by this experience, accompanied by a series of catastrophic thoughts about what could or could have happened, has as a result a great emotional impact and a strong fear of the possibility that the crisis will recur or be eventually produce a traffic accident.
George Pegios This phobia, which causes an irrational fear of driving a vehicle, prevents about 1.5 million people with a driving license in Spain alone, around 6% of all drivers from getting behind the wheel.