The term negligence-free passenger is often used to describe a vehicle passenger in a car accident. Since the passenger typically has no control over the vehicle operation, he is free of any negligence and cannot be penalized like the driver can for his own failure in operating the vehicle. A car passenger often enjoys the highly advantageous position of being able to sit back and let the other drivers fight out who is at fault without any concern that liability will be deflected on the passenger. (An exception to this is when the passenger does something to distract the driver and causes the wreck.)