With Easter holidays looming, a new survey has just revealed that one quarter of drivers claim that they have been stressed or distracted by a car-sick passenger, and over 60% have resorted to dangerous behaviour as a result.
40 % of parents have stopped on the hard shoulder to attend to the sufferer; 12 % have sped up to reach their destination quicker; while 10 % have turned round to help their child without stopping the car!
In spite of this, however, less than half of drivers questioned said that they took any preventative steps to avoid the problem with the top priority before embarking on a journey with the children was sorting out the food and drink which could well be the main cause of car sickness in the first place.
Despite this, only 16% issued travel sickness medication to their children.
Ah, that’s a bit harsh on the poor car sick person. Try binning all food and drink and open the windows to get some good old-fashioned ‘fresh air’ into their lungs.
Jackie Violet.