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oldman · 05-22-2013, 10:28 AM

It depends on how far you go. If you're only going about 30 minutes you should be OK. If it's longer, take a short break every half hour or so. The worst thing you can have them do is focus on something in the car like a book or DVD player. Anything to distract them and keep their eyes moving will help. Fresh (cool) air should help.

**Donger** · 05-22-2013, 10:30 AM

I had no idea that so many apparently suffer from motion sickness. How does airplane travel relate?

Frazod · 05-22-2013, 10:40 AM

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I had no idea that so many apparently suffer from motion sickness. How does airplane travel relate?

I'd love to see these people on a ship on Day 6 of a North Atlantic winter storm.

**Donger** · 05-22-2013, 10:50 AM

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I'd love to see these people on a ship on Day 6 of a North Atlantic winter storm.

Like the dog scene from Dumb & Dumber, I'd imagine.

**Saulbadguy** · 05-22-2013, 07:19 PM

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I'd love to see these people on a ship on Day 6 of a North Atlantic winter storm.

No, you wouldn't. There would be vomit errrryyywhere.

Frazod · 05-22-2013, 07:20 PM

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No, you wouldn't. There would be vomit errrryyywhere.

Actually, there WAS vomit everywhere. 90% of the crew was incapacitated by the time the storm broke.

I was one of the 10%. Although it was starting to get to me a bit.

**Rausch** · 07-30-2013, 08:05 AM

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Actually, there WAS vomit everywhere. 90% of the crew was incapacitated by the time the storm broke.

I was one of the 10%. Although it was starting to get to me a bit.

I will never live that down...

Radar Chief · 07-30-2013, 09:03 AM

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Actually, there WAS vomit everywhere. 90% of the crew was incapacitated by the time the storm broke.

I was one of the 10%. Although it was starting to get to me a bit.

I’d have been one of the 90%.
Mrs. Radar and I went on a 7 day cruise and I was fine for most of it but on the last day we had to skirt around a storm that had the ship pitching around. I never lost lunch but was still sick for a good day after hitting dry land.

**Saulbadguy** · 05-22-2013, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Donger

I had no idea that so many apparently suffer from motion sickness. How does airplane travel relate?

I sleep like a baby on airplanes. As a child I got sick on them.

EagleRob · 05-22-2013, 06:30 PM

Try to maintain a relatively constant speed while cruising, accelerate smoothly, brake gently, and by all means don't floor it when cresting a small hill. I used to be a "lead foot" when I was driving and it would make my kids nauseous. I've since smoothed it out a bit and it helps. Also found pre-hydrating (with water) and fresh air during the drive helps.

Chief Roundup · 07-29-2013, 09:00 PM

I wanted to report back that the ginger snap cookies with air conditioning, to where you could hang meat, in my truck with a blind in the passenger window to block the flashing of the sunlight through the tress worked very well as long as I kept it under 50 mph. We only had one sickness spell and that was on the first trip.
We had a great summer together. Thanks for all the help and info that you guys provided.

cosmo20002 · 07-29-2013, 09:16 PM

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Anyone deal with Car Sickness

It is really, really disappointing no one said antifreeze. It works on a couple levels.

Ace Gunner · 07-29-2013, 09:17 PM

give 'em bags and tell 'em not to miss or you'll rub their face in it

Mr_Tomahawk · 07-30-2013, 05:54 AM

Maybe it's low on oil or just a bad tank of gas. Try running a bottle of fuel injector cleaner in your next fill-up...

**Iowanian** · 07-30-2013, 08:20 AM

Brideowanian gives our kids some kind of Ginger drops and dabs something behind their ear.
It seems to work about as well as dramamine for her and the barf-ettes.

The only time it's really an issue for us is winding up and down roads, specifically when I visit a certain area south of springfield in your state.

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Iowanian Supporter Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Utopia Casino cash: $4658454	Brideowanian gives our kids some kind of Ginger drops and dabs something behind their ear. It seems to work about as well as dramamine for her and the barf-ettes. The only time it's really an issue for us is winding up and down roads, specifically when I visit a certain area south of springfield in your state.
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