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As an Uber/Lyft passenger, what are some things you would just as soon NOT see your Uber/Lyft driver engaged in?

Posted by fpressly 4088 Rider Driver in Ask a Passenger (7 comments )

Let's be honest. The life of a driver can be slow at times. To entertain themselves, drivers sometimes take on hobbies and fads to fill the time. Probably the most annoying is the driver who is trying to hustle another living, while giving you your ride. He's on the phone or constantly texting someone trying to hustle this or that. The conversation with them goes like this. Hi, uhuh, yeah, yup, right, ok, gonna be with you in a minute, uhumm, yes, yes, roger that, uhuh, yeah, yup, right, now what can I do for you. What other things do …

Uber self-driving car that killed pedestrian "decided" not to stop for her

Posted by brownbear 599 Rider in Rideshare News (20 comments )

Great, now we have cars deciding whether pedestrians are expendible or not... https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/7/17327682/uber-self-driving-car-decision-kill-swerve

What are ways Uber drivers make money besides driving?

Posted by MingiPark1982 101 in Ask a Driver (72 comments )

After 50 Uber rides, I finally ran into an Uber driver who had a sundry shop open in his car. He sold water, gum, mints, head phones, charging cables, bags of chips, red bull, chapsticks, etc. etc. I asked the driver and he told he can do whatever he wants because he is an independent and the products have nothing to do with Uber, the company. I don't know the legality of opening up a store in the back of a Toyota Camry, but with all legal stuff aside, what are other ways drivers make money? What are cool things …

Uber paid hackers $100K not release hacked user data... a year ago

Posted by chawes 756 Rider Guru in Angry Drivers (17 comments )

Crazy. "Hackers stole the personal data of 57 million customers and drivers from Uber Technologies Inc., a massive breach that the company concealed for more than a year. This week, the ride-hailing firm ousted its chief security officer and one of his deputies for their roles in keeping the hack under wraps, which included a $100,000 payment to the attackers." "Compromised data from the October 2016 attack included names, email addresses and phone numbers of 50 million Uber riders around the world, the company told Bloomberg on Tuesday. The personal information of about 7 million drivers was accessed as …

Tipping chart. Do drivers agree that riders tip 90% of the time?

Posted by momof4 8198 Rider Driver in Ask a Driver (25 comments )

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Ambassadors from Other Cities: The Global Culture of Cab Drivers

Posted by Samarov 1448 Rider in Angry Drivers (0 comments )

* In 2003 the Public Chauffeur Training Institute was located at Harold Washington College on Lake Street downtown. This was the place you had to go if you wanted to become a taxi or limo driver in the city of Chicago. I was returning to the job after six years of delivery driving, waiting tables, bartending and a few other service-industry gigs—none of which seemed to suit me financially, temperamentally, or in any other way. While I wasn’t a newly arrived immigrant to this city and country like the majority of my classmates, I still hadn’t quite found my place …

London Uber ignoring all rules and breaking laws again.

Posted by HemiDodge 363 in Rideshare News (10 comments )

How is this legal? Oh, it isn't? What's new. What is the current situation with Uber in London? Taxi app won’t be stopped any time soon It is now over two months since Uber’s license to operate in London came to an end, and yet the taxi company is still running as normal in the UK’s capital. Uber was stripped of its operating license on September 30, but they were certainly not going to give up without a fight and have continued to operate ever since. CEO of Uber, Dara Khosrowshahi, claimed he would make things right after Transport for …

I use Uber or Lyft almost daily. Is there a way to get some discounts? is there any monthly or daily pass available?

Posted by gshilpa24 56 Rider in Ask a RideGuru (16 comments ) 2 guru answers

Hi, I use uber or lyft almost daily during the weekdays. is there a way to get some discounts? like is there any monthly or daily pass available?

Priceline is investing $500 million in Didi Chuxing, China's largest ride-hailing company. [TechCrunch]

Posted by SmittenKitten 2098 Rider in Rideshare News (14 comments )

This seems like a pretty significant news on how the travel websites are starting to invest in rideshare companies... and it isn't with the American Uber. Priceline will work closely with Didi to offer its on-demand car services through its Booking.com apps, and Didi customers will have the option to book hotels through Booking.com and its sister site Agoda. Booking also operates Kayak, Priceline.com, Rentacars.com and OpenTable, which makes it a powerful ally for Didi, which is in global expansion mode. https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/17/booking-didi-500-million/

Heroin Epidemic. As an Uber driver would you be willing to carry Narcan in the event someone would Over Dose in your car?

Posted by momof4 8198 Rider Driver in Ask a Driver (48 comments )

I drive in Philly. Mostly nights. I do pick up a lot of drunk people and i have had riders that are probably doing more than drinking. I frequently sit at a gas station few blocks from home positioned between Philly and Andalusia (Bucks county) when waiting for rides. I know the staff there and speak with them fequently. About 3am Monday morning I am done so I stop to clean my car and get gas for following night. One of the workers says that the car at the pump has been there for awhile with a female sleeping. So …

Hitting others and being hit as a driver

Posted by peter.ashlock 185 in Ask a RideGuru (14 comments )

Over the years I have had numerous incidents of being hit by other cars periodically. When I drove a taxi it was something the company took care of as there was never an incident where I was found to be at fault. The only time I ever actually hit a person was one night in the Haight Ashberry neighborhood, carrying a passenger, who yelled, before I saw a man on a bicycle cruise in front of me into an intersection. I hit the man square on, he flew high in the intersection and both bike and man came down hard. …

What do you think of the new Uber driver app?

Posted by munchkym 109 Rider Driver in Ask a Driver (24 comments )

The new driver app is out! What do y'all think of it? I've heard some complaints that it's harder to switch between Uber and Lyft with it and complaints that it's harder to find your earnings. Thoughts?

RIDERS: What are some of your reasons for not tipping a driver?

Posted by momof4 8198 Rider Driver in Ask a Passenger (26 comments )

As a rider there are various reasons for taking Uber/Lyft. Here are some of the reasons riders gave me. DUI, suspended license, dont want to drink & drive, lease car dont want to put miles on, dont have a car, cheaper than parking, and dont want to risk accident in bad weather, public transportation stinks in my area, cheaper, cleaner, more convenient then a cab. They are saving you money, no risk to your car during inclement weather, no risk for you getting in accident if drinking & driving & saving you from DUI or worse. If driver is polite, …

It's time to call Rideshare what it is: Taxi

Posted by Samarov 1448 Rider in Angry Drivers (19 comments )

Riding my bike around Chicago these days I'm always wary of cars pulled over, idling by the curb, or, more often, blocking the bike lane. A few years ago most of these obstacles in my path were clearly identifiable by their markings—they were taxis. Now it's much more difficult to tell public vehicles from private. But from my many years as a cabdriver I can still catch the telltale signs. Though the only outward thing to give them away is an airplane decal on the back window, a dumb pink mustache or that ominous U on the dash, the drivers' …

I Quit Just in Time

Posted by Samarov 1448 Rider in Angry Drivers (6 comments )

In 2012 I walked away from the taxi business never to return. Looking back on it now I feel fortunate to have gotten out just in time. Earlier that year Über entered the Chicago market. They recruited me right away because I had a book out about the taxi business. Back then they were all about making their service seem like a hip new thing. There was practically no work but among the people I drove using their app was comedian Reggie Watts. The company worked hard to recruit taste-makers to their cause. I didn't care much for using the …

How does Uber/Lyft scam passengers? Ideas on their tactics to set higher fares and surges. Share your suspicions, angry riders!

Posted by TonyAlmeida 1149 Rider in Angry Riders (30 comments )

Uber has a reputation for hiding how they calculate their exact fares and determining how the surges are determined. While their rates are technically posted on their websites (as legally bound in many jurisdiction), they seem to not follow these rates at all.Can you share your suspicion, confirmed or unconfirmed, on how Uber sets its prices? How it uses data and how it takes advantage of people's situations? I will respond to myself to start it off.This is of course besides the distance, duration, demand (for surges), etc.

Do Uber and Lyft drivers mind picking up another passenger if it means they have to wait 5 to 10 minutes?

Posted by KUrlerPhi 70 in Ask a Driver (20 comments )

This is for the drivers. Do you guys mind picking me up, and then picking up someone else up, it it meant you had to wait a few minutes? Think the scenario. I have a date, and I want to pick her up. I want to arrive on an Uber, go to her door (I am a gentleman), and walk her back to the car. Are drivers annoyed by this? I am not saying I will wait 20 minutes for her to get ready. I just will be leaving the car to go get her. 5 minutes, maybe 10 minutes …

Isn't it possible that the video of the Uber crash was shot later for cover up?

Posted by Anonymous 3460 Rider Driver Driver in Angry Drivers (6 comments )

https://ride.guru/lounge/p/wow-video-shows-driver-in-autonomous-uber-was-looking-down-moments-before-fatal-crash

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