How to Avoid Getting Carsick

How often do you find yourself in the backseat of a taxi, rental, or client's car feeling nauseated because the driver is swerving like a madman or pumping the gas pedal? It's an awful feeling (I speak from experience), and a potentially damaging one if you're on your way to an important meeting or about to give a presentation. Suffer no more: WikiHow offers many suggestions on overcoming carsickness, including:

• Look out the front window. Watching the passing scenery can confirm your balance system's detection of motion and help resolve the mismatch that causes car sickness. Focus on a non-moving object in the distance, such as the horizon. Don't do anything that involves focusing on a fixed spot, such as reading or playing a card game. Don't turn around or look from side to side much.
• Sit in the front. Consider driving (if possible). Drivers rarely get car sickness as they are always focused on the road. Sitting in the passenger's seat up front is the next best thing. Not only will you have more window space to look through, but in some cars, the ride tends to be less bumpy in the front. If driving is not possible or desirable, visualize driving or pretend you are driving. This can often prevent or alleviate nausea.