A simplified model for the rotating magnetic field (RMF) current drive in an infinitely long cylindrical plasma is used to obtain approximate relationships between the fluid flow velocities, collisionality and degree of nonlinearity. These approximate relationships provide simple quantitative estimates for the basic conditions required for the RMF current drive technique to be applied successfully. In particular, the condition required for the motion of the ion fluid not to be flux-preserving, is evaluated quantitatively for the first time.