ill feeling
The letter (25 April) about feeling ill in the back (or the front) of any car can usually be solved by sitting the passenger on newspaper, preferably covered with plain paper. This might save your correspondent having to change his car. This tip was given us years ago while listening to a radio doctor answering questions on driving on holiday. Many head teachers also know the trick and use it for their pupils travelling by coach on outings. It does work for most people including those small enough to be in baby seats, even in Canada and the West Indies I am reliably informed. The family think that it works probably because it cuts the static charge - but I am no scientist, I just know that it works, even for dogs.
Asked on 13 June 2009 by
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Honest John
Helpful piece of folklore. But there is no substitute for looking out and looking at a distance. Same applies to seasickness. The reason why so many kids are sick in cars is that they cannot see out properly so instead look at the floor or things inside the car. Put a kid in a child seat in the centre of the rear seat where he can see ahead through the screen and he is unlikely to be sick. Put him in a child seat with a view forward of a headrest and the back of an adult head and he will be. The best cars to avoid this a LandRover Freelanders and Discoverys that have stepped theatre type seating so the people in the back see over the heads of those in front,
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