Feeling travel sick as a car passenger

[KungFuPanda]

I’ve been driving for nearly 30 years and have never felt travel sick in a car. For the past 10 years I’ve driven SUVs. Due to my car being off the road today, I’ve had to rely on a lift to work and an Uber home.

On both occasions, I experienced extreme travel sickness. I felt very hot and general queasiness. The first car was a Porsche Taycan and the Uber was an Audi A6. Is this a thing? Can people be travel sick as a passenger but not as a driver? Maybe I’m used to be a higher driving position being in an SUV and being in a lower car has affected me?

[andrewpandrew]

Yep, I’m exactly the same.

[hidetheelephants]

Were either of the drivers st at it, on and off the throttle/brake like they're binary rather than analogue controls? There are some truly terrible drivers out there and some of them expect to be paid for it, being a passenger in such could easily cause nausea.

[Johnspex]

Isn’t it something to do with being a driver you foresee the next bend, the next braking area, the next acceleration? When you are a passenger who might not be concentrating on the road these things come to you without advance warning and that can cause the queasiness. Just like a boat bobbing about.
My mum was always telling us to look straight ahead and certainly not down at a book.
Look up nystagmus/travel sickness.

[mikecassie]

I’ve felt motion sick as a passenger, mainly because the driver is rather erratic. Digital throttle application etc. The Taycan might be similar, if the driver wanted to show how fast it could accelerate. The Uber, possibly shagged suspension so it wallowed around a lot.