Leonard Girsh (lguirch)

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   6 years ago in  As a driver, have you kicked out a passenger? Ended a ride early mid-trip?

  Uber does not pay $1.90 per minute, more like $0.19

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   6 years ago in  What happens if a passenger refuses to pay? Do drivers still get paid?

  My guess is that when a pasenger requests a ride, Uber/Lyft will electronically ensure card is in good standing prior to dispatching a signal to find a driver. If card is expired then there should not really be a way to get the driver dispatched (in my opinion). And if the driver does get dispatched with passenger's card being expired then Uber?Lyft would absolutely have to pay the driver no matter what. last thing they need is to lose another driver which costs them $1,000's to recruit for their internal mistakes:)

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   6 years ago in  Drive or stay put? While waiting for fares, do you drive around or stay put? This is a question for Uber and Lyft drivers.

  I drive in Philadelphia Suburbs and actually prefer NJ as it is not as densely populated and mass transport is not as well developed, thus many rides are on highways and are around 7-10 mile a piece - which beats Philadelphia pothols, red light cameras, tough pickup and drop off situations as well as ton of pool rides which I try to avoid unless I am trying to do a quest. I am a part time driver. Also do not forget about destination filter which may come in handy when stuch somewhere far. Trucker path app will show you locations of truck stops, good place to get long drives as drivers mainly get home on Fridays due to New DOT regulations so all end up parking trucks at Truck stops where you may land a good long ride. When I drive a full time day, usually on Sunday I print a schedule of Amtrak trains, landing times at nearby airports and Greyhound. so depending where I end up after last ride into nomans land, I will look on my schedule if I am close to any of the locations I named above and if time works out I head there:) Farepiot claims to use algoritms and prior historical data to pint you in the right direction. I used it once a few weeks back when in the middle of nowhere in NJ and did get a ride to Newar Airport (43 miles away) all highway - got paid $70.00 form fare and a $10.00 tip so I would recommend it (no guarantee it will find you a fare but any fare at that point is better than none). 

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   6 years ago in  After dropping off the passenger, can the Uber driver keep driving without completing the ride? ...in order "to run up the meter?"

  Occasionally what happens, is if a driver dropped you off and it happens to be an areas with poor reception, passenger already existed. Though the driver is frantically trying to end the trip in the app, so he can start getting new pings, the reception does not allow him to do so, so the driver tries to move away from the bad reception area while still trying to end the trip he keeps driving and trying until it finally allows ot end. this may appear that the driver is intentionally trying to get extra out of the trip, but it is not always the case.

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   6 years ago in  Drive or stay put? While waiting for fares, do you drive around or stay put? This is a question for Uber and Lyft drivers.

  Depends on various factors. if you endup in some remote place, I would use fare pilot app to see if they suggest any spots where driver can go for a better chance of getting a ride. Also at this point you want to have both apps running (Uber and Lyft) and on Lyft you can see if there are any scheduled rides on that you can scoop up near by (does not happen often), but worth checking. Figure out if there are any smaller airports in the area (the ones without a que) Download FlightStats and see what times flights land there perhaps this is where you want to head over, same for Amtrak and Greyhound theiy have their own apps to check status. If all else fails, get out of there and head towards a busier area even if it takes 30 minutes to get there

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   6 years ago in  Drive or stay put? While waiting for fares, do you drive around or stay put? This is a question for Uber and Lyft drivers.

  Depends on various factors. if you endup in some remote place, I would use fare pilot app to see if they suggest any spots where driver can go for a better chance of getting a ride. Also at this point you want to have both apps running (Uber and Lyft) and on Lyft you can see if there are any scheduled rides on that you can scoop up near by (does not happen often), but worth checking. Figure out if there are any smaller airports in the area (the ones without a que) Download FlightStats and see what times flights land there perhaps this is where you want to head over, same for Amtrak and Greyhound theiy have their own apps to check status. If all else fails, get out of there and head towards a busier area even if it takes 30 minutes to get there

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