DIY Emergency Car Toilet For When You Have To Go Pee Pee Fast

February 19, 2015 by Shellie Wilson 5 Comments

I am sure we have all been there at some point, stuck in a car in desperate need of a bathroom. This kit is for Emergencies only, so no point writing to me to tell me it’s gross and unpractical etc. It is for Emergencies! When you got to go you don’t really care how you go.

My children always need to go to the toilet just after we passed a highway exit. So far we have always made it to a garage station or rest stop but one day we won’t and the older they get the more particular they are going to be as to where and how they go. Emergency Car Toilet Kit.

Other important uses for this kit is for people with a medical condition like IBS irritable bowel syndrome. If you have it, then I sympathize with you as I too have this dreaded curse. I have to plan where the toilets are going to be, what goes into my mouth and when in case it comes out in a hurry. It is a curse a terrible life-altering curse. I recently went on holiday with long bus rides and the only way to manage was medicine and not eating until I had a toilet nearby, which meant I couldn’t enjoy cultural foods fresh from the stores, instead taking them back home to eat later in my hotel room, with a toilet on standby. Do you know how else I felt safe? toilet bags. I never had to use one, BUT it was always in my bag, along with a shawl for squatting over that bag and a change of clothes just in case.

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Judy P says
February 19, 2015 at 11:20 am
what are the colored plastic items in front?
Sarah says
February 19, 2015 at 12:57 pm
Baby wipes, hand sanitizer and a pot to poop in. What is the stack of 3 in the middle? Kleenex? The link you provided only leads to the same photo, no details.
Shellie Wilson says
February 19, 2015 at 9:15 pm
Yes, tissues in the front. I have updated the link to the full article.
Tammy-Jean says
February 20, 2015 at 7:41 pm
Great Idea! It sounds gross but when you gotta go, ya gotta go somewhere!!! LoL… Personally this would be my choice over goin bare butt in the woods or grass! Bug bites on the butt don’t chew well in my mouth at all lol :)) Thanks for sharing, I will definitely be puttin’ this together! Perfect for summer camping if the toilets are too far or if no toilets at all lol.
Pat says
July 29, 2020 at 9:04 pm
I have a suggestion to add to this very good idea. Plastic bagsbags, maybe the grocery store type of smaller if you can find them, and twist ties to wrap the bags consecrated use. Also, the lid to the can to lock indoors until you can discard the bag.

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