Hypernym for "driver" and "passenger"
Is there a single word that covers any person who "rides" in a vehicle?
Driver would refer only to the person driving the vehicle. Passenger can be used for everyone but not the driver.
How to refer to all of them? "People riding in a vehicle" seems too long.
"People being subject to conveyance"
Occupants
A person, family, group, or organization that lives in, occupies, or has quarters or space in or on something:
The occupant of a taxicab; The occupants of the building.
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