Passenger

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Passenger

A passenger is a term broadly used to describe any person who travels in a vehicle

Vehicle

Vehicles, derived from the Latin word, vehiculum, are non-living means of transport. Most often they are manufactured , although some other means of transport which are not made by humans also may be called vehicles; examples include icebergs and floating tree trunks....
, but bears little or no responsibility for the tasks required for that vehicle to arrive at its destination.

There are two common contexts in which the term is used:

ost jurisdictions, laws have been enacted that dictate the legal obligations of the owner of a vehicle or vessel, or of the driver

Driving

Driving is the controlled operation of a land vehicle, such as a automobile, truck or bus. Although direct operation of a bicycle, a mounted animal or a motorcycle is commonly called riding, such operators are usually legally considered to be drivers and are required to obey the rules of the road which apply to all drivers....
or pilot

Aviator

An aviator is a person who flies aircraft for pleasure or as a profession.The feminine word aviatrix is sometimes used and is the correct term to refer to all women pilots....
of the same, towards the passengers.

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A passenger is a term broadly used to describe any person who travels in a vehicle

Vehicle

The first is for persons transported in automobile
Automobile

An automobile or motor car is a wheeled motor vehicle for transportation passengers, which also carries its own car engine or motor. Most definitions of the term specify that automobiles are designed to run primarily on roads, to have seating for one to eight people, to typically have four wheels, and to be constructed principally f...
s or van
Van

A van is a kind of vehicle used for transporting goods or groups of people. It is usually a box-shaped vehicle on four wheels, about the same width and length as a large automobile, but taller and usually higher off the ground, also referred to as a light commercial vehicle or LCV....
s, irrespective of whether they have paid for the transportation.
The second is for persons who pay to be transported in common carrier
Common carrier

A common carrier is a business that transports people, goods, or services and offers its services to the general public under license or authority provided by a regulatory body....
s, including commercial vehicles and vessels such as bus
Bus

A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. A bus can generally seat a maximum of anywhere from 8 to 200 passengers; many more passengers than a minivan....
es, train
Train

A train is a connected series of vehicles that move along a track to rail transport from one place to another. The track usually consists of two rail tracks, but might also be a monorail or magnetic levitation train guideway....
s, airplane
Fixed-wing aircraft

A fixed-wing aircraft is an aircraft capable of heavier-than-air flight whose Lift is generated not by wing motion relative to the aircraft, but by forward motion through the air....
s, and ship
Ship

A ship is a large watercraft that floats on water. Ships are generally distinguished from boats based on size. Ships may be found on lakes, seas, and rivers and they allow for a variety of activities, such as the ferry or cargo ships, fishing, cruise ship, Coast guard, and warship....
s. For example, a flight attendant
Flight attendant

Flight attendants or cabin crew are members of an aircrew employed by airlines to ensure the safety and comfort of the passengers aboard passenger airline as well as on select business jet aircraft....
on an airline or a cruise ship
Cruise ship

File:MSMajestyOfTheSeasEdit1.JPGA cruise ship or cruise liner is a passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the ship's amenities are part of the experience....
employee aboard such a ship would not be considered a "passenger" while aboard the vessel, but an employee riding in a company car being driven by another person would be considered a passenger, even if the car was being driven on company business.

Legal status

In most jurisdictions, laws have been enacted that dictate the legal obligations of the owner of a vehicle or vessel, or of the driver

Driving

Aviator

Guest statute

A guest statute is a term used in the law of torts to describe a statute that makes it more difficult for a passenger in an automobile to recover damages from the driver for injuries received in an accident resulting from ordinary negligence on the part of the driver....
s may limit their ability to sue the driver of the vehicle over an accident. Many places require cars to be outfitted with measures specifically for the protection of passengers, such as passenger-side air bags. With respect to passengers on commercial vehicles or vessels, both national laws and international treaties require that the carrier act with a certain standard of care. The number of passengers that a vehicle or vessel may legally carry is defined as its seating capacity

Seating capacity

Seating capacity refers to the number of people who can be seated in a specific space, either in terms of the space available, or in terms of limitations set by law....
(although that term also describes the physical capacity of a space to seat people).

Historically, the concept of the passenger has existed for as long as man has been able to create means of transportation capable of carrying more people than were needed to operate the vessel.

Position

Front passengers are situated near the driver.
Rear passengers are behind the driver in the back seat
Car seat

A car seat is the chair used in automobiles. Most car seats are made from cheap, but durable materials, made to withstand as much beating as possible....
s.

Railways

In railway parlance, 'passenger', as well as being the end user of a service, is also a categorisation of the type of rolling stock

Rolling Stock

Rolling Stock was a newspaper of ideas and a chronicle of the 1980s published in Boulder, Colorado, Colorado by Ed Dorn and Jennifer Dunbar Dorn....
used. In the British

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
case, there are several categories of passenger train. These categories include:

'Express passenger', which constitutes long distance and high speed railway travel between major locations such as ports and cities.
'Semi-fast express passenger', a type of service that is high speed, though stops at selected destinations of high population density en-route.
'Local passenger', the lowest category of British passenger train, which provides a service that stops at all stations between major destinations, for the benefit of local populations.

Travel Industry

In the Travel industry, the term PAX is used as slang for passenger(s).