at the wheel
behind the wheel

She could make out a large form behind the wheel.

I took my place behind the wheel and turned to face her.

She got in also and her father sat behind the wheel.

She went to her car and sat behind the wheel.

Maybe the guy was just sitting low behind the wheel.

He should not, the police said, have been behind the wheel at all.

He tried to get a look at the person behind the wheel and couldn't.

A moment later he was behind the wheel of his car.

He couldn't see the face of the man behind the wheel.

Or just the company of the man behind the wheel.