SRX

In this Article the observation "riding shotgun" is used.
What does this mean exactly?

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news...86/detail.html

Greetings,
SRX!

Redkop

Passenger in the front. As an example..on trips to the Ring when someone is going with a full car of passengers, people blag the front passenger seat by saying 'Can I ride shotgun'

Gutmann pug

Comes from the old days when geezer in the wild west would be driving the stage coach / wagon and nobby dee would be sat next to him as look out with the shotgun shooting the pesky indians and such like.

JackClark

When entering a full car as a non driver. First shout is "Shotgun" for the front passenger seat. Second shout is "No Bitch" to avoid the middle rear seat.

Fixel

The Rules of Shotgun

paul-s

this will resolve many arguments. didnt know about the NO BIATCH one for the middle back seat tho.

Brit_in_Japan

Amazing what you can find on Google! It looks like it does refer to the guy who protected stagecoaches during the days of the pony express in the 1880's and 1890's in the US, but interestingly the term was not used then. It seems to have come from literature and films from 1921 onwards, i.e. after the days of the stagecoach were long gone.

http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mrideshotgun.html

_Meridian_

iTrader: (1)

Driver was a sixteen year old with 15-month old child??


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SRX

Thanks for your answers!

Greetings,
SRX!