Driver
A driver was anyone who was operating a vehicle, particularly land-based vehicles such as the formal occupation of driving taxicabs (taxi drivers) and limousines (chauffeurs). (; ) By the 24th century it was also a synonym for a pilot. () 

The chair where drivers usually sat was known as the driver's seat. ()

The 1951 Earth movie Appointment with Danger featured actor Murray Alper as a taxi driver. ()

Upon nearly colliding with a time traveling James T. Kirk, a taxi driver employed by Cab Co. used a colorful metaphor to criticize him in 1986 San Francisco. ()

In April 2024, when Seven of Nine and Raffaela Musiker stole a police vehicle from the LAPD; Raffaela mocked Seven, telling her that she could pilot a starship but she couldn't even drive. But in truth, Seven was not comfortable driving a car that in in her time would be considered an "antique." Although she wasn't that great of a driver, she told Raffaela that she wasn't the worst driver on the street that day. ()

In 2256,  told Michael Burnham that he was not a chauffeur and didn't offer free rides, so she'd have to work onboard the . ()

On Sigma Iotia II in 2268, Spock told Kirk that his abilities as a taxi driver left much to be desired after Kirk had difficulty operating a car on the planet. ()

In 2369, Chief Miles O'Brien asked to be replaced by Ensign Boyer as runabout pilot, claiming he'd be little more than a chauffeur. ()

In 2373, while in the backseat of a limousine with Falcon's girl, Julian Bashir told his driver to stop the car so Odo could speak to him. ()

In 2381, while driving a kart through Starbase 25, Ensign Beckett Mariner told Brad Boimler that the security on the space station were terrible drivers. ()

In 2382, while in her father's office at Starfleet Headquarters, Beckett Mariner mentioned that the Golden Gate Bridge was worthless because the majority of "people don't drive anymore." ()

See also  
 Backseat driver
 Driver coil
 Sonic driver

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