I had a friend who had a portable potty for her son when they went on long trips. She loved it! They worked out a routine that when he said he had to go, he just had to wait up to 4 minutes for her to find a place to stop so they could use it.
I have one that my daughter used (now 4) and my son has now (he's 2) it really is for emergency cases. We travel a lot and sometimes on long trips they can't wait until we got to a rest stop so this was a life saver. It also opens up to become a potty topper for public toilets. It really is genius. We just took it cherry picking with us in case someone had to go while out in the fields :) highly recommend it!