At its most basic, riding shotgun means sitting in the front passenger seat of a vehicle, right next to the driver. It’s ...
When I was a young boy, my brother, sister, and I would tussle over who would get to "ride shotgun" when my dad was driving the family car. It was the passenger side seat typically occupied by our ...
Ever "called shotgun" to claim the front passenger seat in a car as a kid? Many people are familiar with the term "riding shotgun" but not its origin, which combines threads from the stagecoach era, ...
Riding shotgun means much more than just riding the right front seat. Understanding strategy and tactics is important, but it is only one part of being a successful fire officer. Responding to fires ...
A handy piece of advice to remember during track days is that no one will remember you driving slowly, but they will remember if you crash. When presented with a track day, most of us leap at the ...
As a driver, I have often wondered, “Who is the best kind of person to have ride shotgun?” A story broke last week that has me revaluating. Perhaps the question should be, “What is the best kind of ...