Driver

"Captain, you are an excellent starship commander. But as a taxi driver, you leave much to be desired."
Spock, 2268 ("A Piece of the Action")
Taxi driver 1986

A taxi driver in 1986

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). (TOS: "A Piece of the Action"; DS9: "The Storyteller") By the 24th century, it was also a synonym for a pilot. (VOY: "Vis à Vis")

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

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

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. (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home)

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. (PIC: "Watcher")

In 2256, Gabriel Lorca told Michael Burnham that he was not a chauffeur and didn't offer free rides, so she'd have to work onboard the USS Discovery. (DIS: "Context Is for Kings")

On Sigma Iotia II in 2268, Spock told Kirk that his abilities as a taxi driver left much to be desired after the captain had difficulty operating an Iotian car. (TOS: "A Piece of the Action")

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. (DS9: "The Storyteller")

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. (DS9: "A Simple Investigation")

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. (LD: "An Embarrassment Of Dooplers")

In the same year, 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." (LD: "Grounded")

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