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Want to try your hand at driving for Uber in Louisville. Here is what you’ll have to do before you’ll be ready to hit the road and start ridesharing.
Before you get started, you will need to look at your vehicle to see if yours fits the criteria. You must be in possession of a car younger than fifteen years old with a minimum of four doors and no cosmetic damage and zero advertising or commercial branding. Most cars fit into this criteria, so you should be ready to continue on.
The vehicle does need to have permanent or temporary …
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In Part II, you'll read about what Patrick’s views are regarding Uber & Lyft, how he feels about rideshare drivers and what he thinks the future holds for him as a Cabbie and the rideshare industry in general. For Part 1 of this story click here.
The cost of living is very high here. Some people work 2 or 3 jobs just to survive. You could earn enough money driving a cab to pay your rent or your mortgage, clothe and feed yourself well, afford regular dental care and basic medical care. You could take a …
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Visibility is one of the most important features in a car. If you can’t see clearly, you’re not driving safely, which endangers you and everyone who shares the road with you. Clean windows are important. Streaks are irritating during the day, but they can cause accidents at night or during sunrise and sunsets when glare is at its worst.
Windows need to be cleaned inside and out. The good thing is, cleaning is fast and easy, requiring only two materials: a microfiber towel and a spray-able window cleaner. These materials are inexpensive and easy to locate at almost any store. …
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Google has taken over the world. Okay, it hasn’t, but it has changed the way people everywhere interact with the world. Google maps is one of the more pervasive and convenient things the company has introduced. Smartphones are all over, and people use them to get from place to place using GPS. There are tons of different map apps in the world, but Google Maps seems to be the most used. It is convenient, accurate, up to date, and offers turn-by-turn directions with traffic alerts and route options. The question is: how do you use Google Maps?
Google Maps app …
read moreAs an active driver on both the Uber & Lyft platforms with over 6000 rides combined, I can unequivocally state that as easy as rideshare driving may sound, there is a steep learning curve. This is valid for Newbies as well as veterans. Like anything else in life what you put into your gig is what you will get out of it. The success of a driver is directly correlated with how much thought they put …
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