Passenger

Passengers on a boat in the Danube Delta, 2008
Passengers in the lounge car of an Amtrak San Joaquin train
Passenger on a bicycle

A passenger is a person who travels in a vehicle, but does not bear any responsibility for the tasks required for that vehicle to arrive at its destination or otherwise operate the vehicle, and is not a steward.[1] The vehicles may be bicycles, buses, cars, passenger trains, airliners, ships, ferryboats, personal watercrafts, all terrain vehicles, snowmobiles, and other methods of transportation.

Crew members (if any), as well as the driver or pilot of the vehicle, are usually not considered to be passengers. For example, a flight attendant on an airline would not be considered a passenger while on duty and the same with those working in the kitchen or restaurant on board a ship as well as cleaning staff, 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.

  1. ^ "PASSENGER Definition & Legal Meaning". Black's Law Dictionary (2nd ed.). Retrieved 24 January 2023.