Can you read in a moving vehicle?

@yona06 (585)
Indonesia
May 7, 2008 2:29am CST
I used to always read whenever I'm on a long car trip when I was a kid. Back then, I noticed that some people get sick or nausea when they read in a moving vehicle and I couldn't understand why? I always felt fine doing it. Now that I'm older, I do get nausea when I read in a moving car... but I still don't know why, though. What about you? do you read when you're on a road trip? CAN you?
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moon317318
@moon317318 (692)
• Pakistan
9 May 08
yes i can.. because i do read in the bus while going to university...
yona06
@yona06 (585)
• Indonesia
9 May 08
It's nice that you can do that. I was able to do that when I was a little kid, but not now. Have you been reading in moving vehicles since you were a child?
moon317318
@moon317318 (692)
• Pakistan
9 May 08
only in the days of examinations, yes.
gemini_rose
@gemini_rose (16264)
•
7 May 08
No, I definately cannot read on a trip!! I can do it for so long and then all of a sudden I just get so sick it is horrible. It is a perfect time for me to read as well, the kids are all quiet and settled and it is so peaceful but I cannot do it otherwise I would just throw up.
yona06
@yona06 (585)
• Indonesia
9 May 08
I know what you mean. Reading would've been a great way to use our time while commuting. It beats just sitting around and staring out the window. It's a real shame not being able to do it.
maddysmommy
@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
7 May 08
No i can't do that either. I get carsick when I read, even in a train.
yona06
@yona06 (585)
• Indonesia
9 May 08
I can actually still read in trains, but I don't why that is.
dolce_vita78
@dolce_vita78 (8062)
• Philippines
7 May 08
I love reading. However, I do not really feel comfortable reading in a moving vehicle. I do read while on board a plane or ship though. I get nauseous when reading in a car in motion. At times, I even get terrible headache.
yona06
@yona06 (585)
• Indonesia
9 May 08
yes, nauseous.. that's the word I've been looking for. I can handle reading for a few minutes, after that I get nauseous too but never a headache.
xavierkyle
@xavierkyle (223)
• Philippines
7 May 08
Well, sometimes when I'm commuting back home, i read a book(when i got one).
yona06
@yona06 (585)
• Indonesia
9 May 08
So you don't get sick while reading in moving cars?
reene0225
@reene0225 (351)
• United States
13 May 08
Yea I can read while in a moving vehicle. Mostly just magazines because I'm not a big book reader. I get sick from being in a car without reading. I think reading helps me out because it keeps my brain moving and my mind off the road.
lucy02
@lucy02 (5016)
• United States
12 May 08
I don't read much while riding either. It use to make me nauseous. Now I just find it hard to read.
Alixander
@Alixander (178)
• Romania
9 May 08
Hy, I heard about this sicness too, that people get sick if thewy read in a moving vehicle, But I have no problem with this, I can read while the vehicle is movineg and I won't get sick, But Just if I read something intresting, Greet.
hcpoirot
@hcpoirot (1562)
• Indonesia
12 May 08
i had no trouble at all reading in moving vehicle, bus or car. The reason is, I lived in Jakarta. Where almost everyday, we stuck in long hours of traffic jam. I usually take a book or comics to killing time in road if we stuck in traffic jam. Sometimes ipod with audio book in it. Funny thing is, I read more in the car than in home. Cause I had too many thing to do when I back in the house like posting here, playing games or watching DVD.