amaxophobia

amaxophobia means fear of being in or riding in a vehicle. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

Etymology

Formed in English from Ancient Greek ἅμαξα (hámaxa, “waggon”) + -phobia, the latter element itself deriving from the Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía). The etymologically consistent spelling is *hamaxophobia, but that spelling is not attested outside word-lists and dictionaries.

noun

Fear of being in or riding in a vehicle.“I have known of at least two well marked instances of amaxophobia originating in the fright of being run away with and the effect of the shock abiding with them throughout the after life[…]”