Car sick in the back seat?

[crystalworks]

Originally Posted by KEI7

Very interesting, and indeed!! My wife always asks my daughter "are you ok back there?" when in car... And I stop telling my wife to stop asking that sort of question, it makes my daughter feel even worse... sort of like the opposite of Placebo effect.

My wife used to do a lot of that as well. She has since caught on to the daughter's tricks and has started employing some of my responses. My favorite for boo-boos is "Rub some tough on it, you'll be fine." Now my daughter uses it on my son (who is 2) when they are playing which is just hilarious. Prevents the need for most parental intervention for minor bruising and falls.

[EODguy]

Originally Posted by crystalworks

My wife used to do a lot of that as well. She has since caught on to the daughter's tricks and has started employing some of my responses. My favorite for boo-boos is "Rub some tough on it, you'll be fine." Now my daughter uses it on my son (who is 2) when they are playing which is just hilarious. Prevents the need for most parental intervention for minor bruising and falls.

Much better response than my dad. He always said that there's no crying unless it's bleeding or hanging funny.

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[KEI7]

Originally Posted by crystalworks

My wife used to do a lot of that as well. She has since caught on to the daughter's tricks and has started employing some of my responses. My favorite for boo-boos is "Rub some tough on it, you'll be fine." Now my daughter uses it on my son (who is 2) when they are playing which is just hilarious. Prevents the need for most parental intervention for minor bruising and falls.

That sounds like a good one!!

I might just buy a tube of small skin cream and label it "TOUGH" myself, and tell her using a patch of it on your arm will prevent carsickness lol

[andrewwynn]

Placebo great. Also see if Dramamine has a dose for kids.


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[Zulu95]

Navigators in rally car races spend a lot of time with their face buried in a 'sick bag". Their job entails calling the road ahead using maps and other driving aids so the driver can have the car set up for each obstacle and spend most of the rally race head down pouring over the maps/route notes.
The big problems occur when a major "call" is missed. My cousin ended up parked 32' up in a tree because of a missed call on a yump that they hit doing about twice the recommended speed.

[tttomttt]

Just curious if the car sickness is related to highway driving or all driving. I have been in cars with other people driving and when they reach the highway they tend to constantly move the wheel back and forth creating a subtle weave left and right. This slight weaving causes the passengers to feel nauseous. This movement can be eliminated by the driver casting his gaze further down the center of the lane thus eliminating the weaving. Works like a charm. Most often the driver is unaware of themselves weaving at all.

[crystalworks]

Originally Posted by KEI7

That sounds like a good one!!

I might just buy a tube of small skin cream and label it "TOUGH" myself, and tell her using a patch of it on your arm will prevent carsickness lol

I might do this myself. Because I love concept.

@EODguy your dad sounds like a riot.

BTW, this thread had my wife in literal tears last night. Was great. Laughter keeps us young after all, or at least that's what we keep telling ourselves.

[EODguy]

My dad is something alright....

When my oldest turned 18 he was on his own and he thought Papa would help him get a place to live...

Dad got him a refrigerator box and told him to get a job so he could cover it in plastic sheets. Good times..

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[andrewwynn]

Originally Posted by tttomttt

Just curious if the car sickness is related to highway driving or all driving. I have been in cars with other people driving and when they reach the highway they tend to constantly move the wheel back and forth creating a subtle weave left and right. This slight weaving causes the passengers to feel nauseous. This movement can be eliminated by the driver casting his gaze further down the center of the lane thus eliminating the weaving. Works like a charm. Most often the driver is unaware of themselves weaving at all.

I leaned a trick road racers use: to hold your knee firmly against the steering wheel through curves to absolutely eliminate the wiggle.

100% of drivers I've monitored will wiggle their way through a 270° off ramp with typically 20 to 30 steering inputs.

I find a line, hold the wheel with my left knee so it doesn't move when I hit a bump. For offramps that I frequently use I already know the line I steer onto the line and 270° later I let the car auto straighten, loosen up the knee to still make that a smooth lateral g transition.

Get a g-force app and practice until you get a non jiggly line. I've had numerous people comment that in spite of the near 1g turns (back in z28 days) that my turns are smooth and don't make the passenger nauseous.

[andrewwynn]

A typical driver lateral gforce plot for a 270° off ramp



Hold the steering wheel with your knee and smooth out all the bumps.