driving a car vs riding a car

Some examples from the web:

• It's just like you're driving a car.
• Billy Ocean got that hit about driving a car.
• She was reported driving a car that's across the street.
• I used to teach my students that there are some things, you know, computers just aren't good at, like driving a car through traffic.
• At least say i was driving a car...
• Therefore, caution should be recommended when driving a car or operating machines.
• Forget racing, how about simply driving a car?
• It's... ...like driving a car too fast.
• Thing is, though, driving a car this exquisite, this elegant, quickly, feels wrong.
• Right, this can't be more complicated than driving a car!
• Please, it'll be as simple as driving a car.
• How going out in public, Taking the bus, driving a car Could get him got.
• Whether it's driving a car, going to high school parties, engaging in risky behavior, there is nothing more terrifying to any parent than watching their child navigate through the teen years.
• It is remarkable that here I am four miles high in the sky driving a car that weighs slightly more than the centre of the earth.
• This may constitute a risk in situations where these abilities are of special importance (e. g. driving a car or operating machines).
• Our friend from the Bucaneers here thinks that driving a car across a football pitch at 50 mph means he's had a result
• With that in mind, she told us to drive around the city for an hour... so she could teach me everything she knew about driving a car... which wasn't much.
• Aren't you a little bit short to be driving a car, man?
• I have seen you buy three outfits while driving a car.
• I'm driving a car, Grandma.

Some examples from the web:

• No, no, I'm riding a car two block up there.
• Like riding in a car with him.
• I'm starting to think you just like riding in a car naked.
• Riding in a car with a blindfold on takes some getting used to.
• You were riding in a car with a man named Simon Wallis.
• I'm not used to riding in a car.
• We're riding in a car to the Waldorf and they're giving us a room and a hot bath and a decent meal, because I'm through fooling around.
• Riding around in a car, sitting next you.
• I want her to see me riding in a car.
• Well, five years, you know, riding around in a car together, you get close.
• Well, it can be exciting riding in a police car, but it's not always fun.
• You know, when I leave work at night, I am just riding on a subway car full of scary, teenaged people.
• This smooth-riding sports car offers a bewitching blend of taste, comfort, and economy...
• And you decided to punish yourself by riding your bicycle into a car.
• From that race on, Dr. Watkins began riding in a safety car behind every start, for the most dangerous lap of every race, so he could be on hand in the event of an accident.
• What's it feel like, riding in a stolen car?
• You know if you're inspector under the new guidelines you might be out riding in a police car.
• ...that you might just be out riding in a police car.
• "This smooth-riding sports car offers a bewitching blend of pace, comfort and economy."
• Because they're wearing shields and riding around in a radio car.