Cars that make you feel sick- literally
Discussion
My children are fine in the 7 series but feel sick in many other cars- 3 series, XC90, Audi's etc.
I have to say as a passenger in my FIL's 3 series I feel sick too. What is the secret to this, removing the type of drive/r and looking subjectively at just the vehicle. Is it bigger is best (though the XC90 is big). Leather? All of the above have leather so probably not.
Any experiences or pointers?
I have to say as a passenger in my FIL's 3 series I feel sick too. What is the secret to this, removing the type of drive/r and looking subjectively at just the vehicle. Is it bigger is best (though the XC90 is big). Leather? All of the above have leather so probably not.
Any experiences or pointers?
Crusoe said:
vision is usually the biggest one, if you can see out and match the view with the movement of the car then people are less likely to get sick.
This, exactly! One of the reasons I got rid of my Alfa GT was despite it being very generous spacewise, my 5 year-old daughter always felt sick travelling in the back because of the low seating position (even with a booster), small rear windows and high window line.These big panoramic glass roofs you get these days are not just gimmicks - she'll happily travel for hours on end in the 307SW staring out the top at alpine mountains (the scenery probably helps a bit too...)
My youngest can barf for England when being driven. In fact he has chundered in several countries already and is only 7 years old. Notable episodes including the very moment in the coach when we pulled up at Palma airport prior to flying home. Manuel the Driver was not best pleased! Last time was at the start of a 5 hour drive home from Wales. That was my car and I wasn't too happy either. We do give him motion sickness tablets, but even these won't work on a winding road.
As mentioned above vision can play a big part. If you look down at a book or screen during a journey it can mess up the bodys sense of balance.
Assuming the passengers are looking out of the window (and hence giving the body a point of reference) then it is likely to be a suspension frequency issue. In this case I'm not sure what you can do except adjust dampers if this is possible on the car. Perhaps a change in tyre pressure could also help.
Assuming the passengers are looking out of the window (and hence giving the body a point of reference) then it is likely to be a suspension frequency issue. In this case I'm not sure what you can do except adjust dampers if this is possible on the car. Perhaps a change in tyre pressure could also help.
I feel really nauseous if I look down to read, use a phone or look at my feet for more than 45 - 60 seconds as a passenger, and always have. Never actually been sick though and been fine otherwise. I've always assumed it was a disparity between the motion your inner ear feels and what your eyes are seeing that causes it, so poor glass area and a particularly smooth ride might do it. Trains don't seem to cause it though, I can read for hours on those. Maybe they are so smooth my inner ear is quite convinced that we're stationary...
LotusOmega375D said:
My youngest can barf for England when being driven. In fact he has chundered in several countries already and is only 7 years old. Notable episodes including the very moment in the coach when we pulled up at Palma airport prior to flying home. Manuel the Driver was not best pleased! Last time was at the start of a 5 hour drive home from Wales. That was my car and I wasn't too happy either. We do give him motion sickness tablets, but even these won't work on a winding road.
When I was a kid I always got travel sick (mainly because I would insist on reading). A bowl became standard accompaniment and should be in every car where a kid is known to barf....surveyor said:
When I was a kid I always got travel sick (mainly because I would insist on reading). A bowl became standard accompaniment and should be in every car where a kid is known to barf....
I suffered from such bad motion sickness that I went about three years without travelling in any sort of motorised road transport, from about 13 to 16 years old. It was a right pain in the arse, but kept be fit. 
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