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Nearly half of Americans have parallelophobia, and around 53% feel very confident in their parallel parking skills.

The claims regarding Americans' fears and confidence in parallel parking lack empirical evidence. The term 'parallelophobia' does not appear to be recognized scientifically. Evidence to support these statistical claims is insufficient, with the sources provided mainly discussing general anxiety related to parallel parking but not specific statistics. This limits confidence in the accuracy of the claims.

April 14, 2026 Language: en 2 claims analyzed

Individual Claims

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Mostly False Psychology
Nearly half of Americans (49%) have parallelophobia, or the fear of parallel parking.
The term 'parallelophobia' is not recognized in psychology, and no empirical evidence supports the claim that nearly half of Americans have this fear. The evidence provided does not substantiate this statistic, only mentioning that parallel parking is a common stressor.
Fact Check Score None
Fact Check Weight 0
Web Consensus Score 20
Web Consensus Weight 50
Source Quality Score 50
Source Quality Weight 25
Llm Reasoning Score 10
Llm Reasoning Weight 25
Weighted Total 31
Evidence Summary 1 web source related to parallel parking anxiety; no direct evidence for 'parallelophobia' statistic.
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Mixed Psychology
Only about half (53%) of Americans feel 'very confident' in their parallel parking skills.
No reliable statistical evidence was found to affirm the claimed percentage of Americans feeling very confident in parallel parking. Available sources offer tips and highlight general parking anxiety but do not support the specific statistic.
Fact Check Score None
Fact Check Weight 0
Web Consensus Score 40
Web Consensus Weight 50
Source Quality Score 50
Source Quality Weight 25
Llm Reasoning Score 30
Llm Reasoning Weight 25
Weighted Total 42
Evidence Summary Web evidence mentions parking anxiety but lacks specific statistical support for confidence levels.

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