A specific form of motion sickness, car sickness is quite common and often evidenced by the inability to read a map or book during travel. Car sickness results from the sensory conflict arising in the brain from differing sensory inputs. The eyes mostly see the interior of the car which is motionless while the vestibular system of the inner ear senses motion as the vehicle goes around corners or over hills and even small bumps. Therefore the effect is worst when looking down but may be significantly lessened by looking outside of the vehicle. Looking out of the windshield is particularly beneficial.

Smooth Driving

The problem is that being a smooth driver is a skill that over time has become second nature. My guess would be that you don’t even think about being a smooth driver you just do it.

There are some basic skill sets that a smooth driver has developed through their experience. My suggestion is that someone like yourself drive with them, don’t let them know your monitoring them, and take a look at the following.

Are they:

Anticipating situations, and traffic, or are they just reacting to whatever happens in  front of them.
Looking ahead of and not at the back bumper of the car in front of them, as you know   you need to be looking far ahead, and looking into the side mirrors, and correctly  adjusting for the changing environment.
Do they know the vehicle they are driving? How much pedal pressure does it takes to  get the car moving – how hard they need to press the brakes to slow down the car, how  much steering wheel will move the car what distance.

This also has to be said. If the person in the back seat gives the driver 15 minutes to make a 30 minute trip, that can create a driver trying to things with the car it can’t do, which in turn creates a roller coaster ride.

Also if you are in a stretched vehicle – the oscillation of the vehicle can cause car sickness, if you are in a High CG SUV, the same application of the steering and brake that causes no movement in a sedan will create allot of movement in the SUV. The driver has to be very sensitive to the vehicles weight transfer.