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The term can from the old days when there was a stagecoach driver and an armed guard with a shotgun to protect the coach from being robbed. Side Note: It didn't always work.
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Where did the term 'shotgun' originate?
If you are referring to the person riding in the front seat, the term originated from the days of the stagecoach, were the person next to the driver carried a shotgun against robbers, indians and wild animals.
What are the ratings and certificates for Riding Shotgun - 2012 V?
Riding Shotgun - 2012 V is rated/received certificates of: Australia:MA
What does the idiom riding shotgun mean?
Old stagecoaches had two people sitting on top of the carriage. One was the driver, the other carried a shotgun to defend against Indians and bandits. Riding beside the driver is riding shotgun.
If you are riding shotgun in a car where are you sitting?
"Riding shotgun" means sitting in the front seat of a car. Before a car journey, if you are quick, you can call shotgun and you get to sit in the front seat.
What are the release dates for Riding Shotgun - 2013?
Riding Shotgun - 2013 was released on: USA: 4 October 2013 (Woodstock Film Festival)
Where was Riding Shotgun filmed?
Greensburg Kentucky
What actors and actresses appeared in Riding Shotgun with Jack McConaha - 2005?
The cast of Riding Shotgun with Jack McConaha - 2005 includes: Jack McConaha as himself
Why do people call shotgun in order to ride in the front seat of the car?
Lots of people use the term shotgun as a reference to ride in the front passenger seat. It is a game that we play when multiple people are riding in a car and are not the driver.
Where is the flasher on a 1999 Ford Ranger?
Riding shotgun?
What are the release dates for Lawman - 1958 Riding Shotgun 1-29?
Lawman - 1958 Riding Shotgun 1-29 was released on: USA: 19 April 1959
Where did the phrase riding shotgun come from?
In the Old West of the US, stagecoaches carried passengers, freight, mail and money- and could be robbed. The driver sometimes had a guard that rode beside him on the seat, who was armed- usually with a shotgun.
What is a person who guarded the stagecoach with all his life?
They would call him simply the shotgun rider in old western times if it had valuable cargo based on the shotgun usually carried by this person. That's where the term "riding shotgun" came from when referring to passenger seat in a car besides the driver.
