Apple's Siri will ride shotgun, for customers with compatible (4S and newer) iPhones.

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But these days kids, including those with Madison Square Garden's charity, the Garden of Dreams Foundation, get to ride shotgun between periods.

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Instead of allowing Ubuntu to ride shotgun with Android, the installer requires unlocking the device's bootloader, which wipes the slate clean.

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Sadly we still don't, as Tesla wasn't letting anybody behind the wheel, but we did get to ride shotgun for a few quick exhibitions of speed.

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Drew went out and got Arash Ferdowsi to ride shotgun.

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Even when visiting parks that require use of their own guides or rangers, Micato guides ride shotgun, and from the moment you get off the plane until the moment you leave, your trip is personally supervised.

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