# Motion sickness poll **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 4, 2011, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motion-sickness-poll/598573 "2011-10-04T16:48:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motion-sickness-poll/598573/1 "2011-10-04T16:48:46Z")
Do you ever get, or have you ever had motion sickness? ---
**Author:** ![RetroVertigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@RetroVertigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RetroVertigo)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motion-sickness-poll/598573/2 "2011-10-04T17:04:35Z")
Riding as a passenger in a car, for more then 20 minutes will result in motion sickness. I drive myself just about everywhere, instead of riding with others. One of my earliest memories is throwing up in the back seat during a family trip. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motion-sickness-poll/598573/3 "2011-10-04T17:10:31Z")
Really bad in a Helicopter once. I’m usually okay in a boat, unless unusually rough. ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motion-sickness-poll/598573/4 "2011-10-04T17:13:52Z")
Generally only if I try to read in a moving vehicle for more than a minute or two. I’ve had it a few times in a boat on choppy waters, or in a car in the mountains with a crazy person driving. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motion-sickness-poll/598573/5 "2011-10-04T17:16:04Z")
> [@Eva\_Luna](#): > > Generally only if I try to read in a moving vehicle for more than a minute or two. Yup, except for me only if I read in a _car_. I can usually read on buses just fine. Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motion-sickness-poll/598573/6 "2011-10-04T17:16:42Z")
Never-perfectly at home on a roller coaster, boat swaying on the waves, or a high-performance automobile. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motion-sickness-poll/598573/7 "2011-10-04T17:17:52Z")
I get sick on boats if it’s a long trip. Stormy seas don’t give it to me, as my bod seems to think it’s a free rollercoaster and loves it, but long, continuous rolling waves have me heaving after a few hours. But not before then. ---
**Author:** ![GilaB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motion-sickness-poll/598573/8 "2011-10-04T17:26:26Z")
I get motion sickness doing almost everything. Driving in a car I’m almost always OK, but reading even while the car isn’t moving will make me nauseous pretty quickly if the engine is on. I can’t read on any sort of moving vehicle, planes included, and being on any sort of waves at all, even in a big boat on a calm sea, is a recipe for trouble. If I can’t look out the window on a bus/train/plane/etc., I will probably get sick at some point during the trip, making subways a fairly unpleasant form of transportation for me. Spinning rides are awful, especially if they involve going upside down. Even paragliding made me motion sick. I’m pretty pathetic that way. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motion-sickness-poll/598573/9 "2011-10-04T17:30:29Z")
I don’t get motion sickness generally (I can read in a car and all forms of transport) but I rode the Maverick at Cedar Point and it fucked me up good for the rest of the day. My head got knocked around quite a bit before I figured out the way to brace myself so I think I might have been mildly concussed, not motion sick per se. I was able to ride other high-G coasters, such as the Millenium Force, without trouble as long as I rested in between rides. I get VR-sick though. Playing first person games makes me totally dizzy and nauseous, unlike actual motion! ---
**Author:** ![MegaBee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f0a364/32.png) [@MegaBee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MegaBee)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motion-sickness-poll/598573/10 "2011-10-04T18:06:12Z")
I didn’t know motion sickness was a real thing until I got to college. I seriously thought it was just something funny made up for Looney Toons! ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motion-sickness-poll/598573/11 "2011-10-04T18:10:59Z")
I have gotten in it the car (and bus, and train) my entire life unless I look out the window steadily. If I try to read, watch tv, or otherwise focus my eyes on anything within the car, I am nauseous within 2-3 minutes. I can cheat by putting a blanket over my head and reading with a flashlight, though! I’ve never gotten motion sick on a boat, ride, or from spinning (one of my favorite things to do as a kid was get dizzy, sometimes for hours). I am fine in windowless vehicles as well. ---
**Author:** ![Sevastopol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Sevastopol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sevastopol)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motion-sickness-poll/598573/12 "2011-10-04T18:24:02Z")
Inside 10 seconds of reading in a car. Plus; microfiche and hand-held-camera movies. ---
**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motion-sickness-poll/598573/13 "2011-10-04T18:25:38Z")
If it moves, then I can get motion sickness while riding in it. Especially if I try to read or look at a map. Although I haven’t had too much trouble in something like a pontoon boat or a ski boat on a lake. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motion-sickness-poll/598573/14 "2011-10-04T18:35:37Z")
I got it as a kid, usually when I read while in a car. I learned that fresh air fixed it and haven’t had it for 45 years. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motion-sickness-poll/598573/15 "2011-10-04T18:37:41Z")
If you get motion sickness, a helicopter tour of the Grand Canyon is not a good idea. ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motion-sickness-poll/598573/16 "2011-10-04T18:48:06Z")
I dunno if I have what you would call motion sickness. If I start reading something or I’m just in a vehicle for a long time, I get a bad headache and feel very slightly nauseous, but I’m never in threat of puking. It’s just uncomfortable. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motion-sickness-poll/598573/17 "2011-10-04T18:54:49Z")
My kindergarten playground had one of those sit-in-the-bucket-and-spin-yourself-around rides. I now call them breakfast refunders. ---
**Author:** ![Waldelfe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f08c70/32.png) [@Waldelfe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waldelfe)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motion-sickness-poll/598573/18 "2011-10-04T18:58:17Z")
I can’t read in cars and be on a boat. I can’t even stand on a landing stage in front of a slightly rocking boat. It makes me nauseous. I’m fine in roller coasters, though. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motion-sickness-poll/598573/19 "2011-10-04T18:58:38Z")
> [@Eva\_Luna](#): > > or in a car in the mountains with a crazy person driving. I’m not crazy! Just a little _off_ ;). ---
**Author:** ![kbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4491bb/32.png) [@kbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kbear)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motion-sickness-poll/598573/20 "2011-10-04T19:13:21Z")
My kids think it’s hysterical but lately I’ve been known to get motion sickness at the pool. Once we’ve been there a while, I start feeling quite queasy. Maybe I’ve swallowed too much chlorine or something. I can do roller coasters but not anything that goes round and round. The tea cups? forget it! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motion-sickness-poll/598573.md?page=2)