Getting your first car can be a blessing and a curse in terms of the opportunities that it offers. While it affords you a level of freedom to travel wherever you want, whenever you want, it also opens you up to a whole new world of responsibility when it comes to giving rides to family and friends.

Of course, whether that happens is totally up to the vehicle owner. No matter how they feel about it, though, it is highly likely that they deal with people begging to hitch a ride when it is convenient for them.

While many drivers are happy to oblige with this, they usually also have some basic ground rules about being in their car. For the person receiving the favor, the least that can be done is to follow these, within reason. This is an incredibly useful privilege that they shouldn’t want to mess up.