20 TIPS New Uber Drivers Need To Know

Thinking about becoming an Uber driver or just starting out? Make sure you follow these tips to make more money faster and be one up over other drivers. Make sure to check the rest of the description for certain things mentioned in the video

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[Therideshareguy]

What questions do you have about driving Uber?

[cashrulez]

Be safe out there! I did Uber 6 years ago. I respect the hustle. Tip your drivers 😎

[GotHaterade-kkdc]

Everybody says how much it sucks, but ive met ppl who were happy driving & told me they've made alot of $, i think it depends more on your attitude & effort, nobody wants to be a slave but with most corporate jobs you feel like that anyway

[mikeb]

I'm fairly new to this (300 rides) and the one heads up I can give new drivers is that people are disgusting. I have cleaned my car more times in the last 2 months than I have in the 5 years I've owned the car. I have found used diapers, snot rags, boogers etc in the seat pouches of the car. People get in the car with mud and dog poop on their shoes and like to wipe their shoes off on your mats. Get a small electric power washer for your home so when you need to, you can give the car a quick wash or pull out your mats and wash them real quick

[RobbyJ]

I did my first day as an Uber Driver. Had a great day, made more in one day then one day at my old job! Love these suggestions! Thank you for doing this! I have subscribed!

[RainyDayz]

I’ve been driving for about 6 years off and on, for some reason almost nobody wants to give tips anymore. It’s pretty disappointing when drivers pay for so much of what goes into, well…. driving a car. Lyft and Uber seem to want to include “tips” into the numbers for what drivers earn which allows them to keep the base pay somewhat lower. Tip your drivers folks, if you have no complaints tip your drivers!

[prodgers]

I'm a driver from Indiana and have driven in other states, including New Mexico, Florida, and Tennessee. I also drove a few times in Atlanta and done 2 airport rides. I currently have approximately 17, 500 rides from Uber and almost 6000 trips from Lyft. I've been driving about 8 years, 6 years full-time, and 2 years part-time. I have a lot of experience and insight when it comes to Uber and Lyft and would like to share my experiences with others. If you would be interested in contacting me and asking in-depth questions about the areas I've driven in, then please contact me. Thank you for your time and consideration.

[richcherwalk]

I use Uber to fill in the gaps for my handyman business, helps me to keep my prices high in my real business having an alternative and also an easier job for when I don’t want to work that hard

[tsgtezzy]

Uber shouldn’t be sending out new requests while you’re on a ride especially if your vehicle is in motion. We may see a lawsuit due to this feature. It’s very dangerous.

[dks]

If you get an order of 6 cases of 40 half liter bottles of water ( it might be to the 2nd or 3rd floor of an apartment ), don't accept that load, you can cancel it from yourself. It is horrible and it paid $5.50 and the guy tipped ZERO Yes, true. Don't take really heavy things

[terrymitofsky]

Picking up food is time consuming and doesn’t pay enough.None of the food delivery apps including Uber eats gives you a loading sign.

[iWillFightYouInComments]

Number 1 tip: learn to *Decline, Decline, Decline*

[johnvaneldik]

Should be payed more if you have 4 riders under x

[starshine]

our Uber x does not show up front pay just km to pick up passenger not where they are going or payout drove 25 minutes to receive $5.16 passenger drop off was 5 minutes away from his pick up only Uber eats shows payout ad km

[christianmeyer]

The best weekday bonuses in my city are from around 4:00 am to about 8:00 am. Getting up around 3:30 am for that realky would suck!

[lakbirmo]

Lyft/uber treating drivers as slaves . $82 trip driver got $18 honest to God

[joecampo]

As much as i appreciate this channel and all the advocating you are doing for the drivers, I can’t recommend driving these platforms at the rates and risk drivers are incurring. As a driver in this game for the last year and doing almost 3000 trips, you will drive your car into the ground, if you get an accident even if it’s not your fault, the rideshare company doesn’t give a shit about you no matter how many five stars you have. It’s better to find a part-time job that you don’t have to put your self at risk, making peanuts while the companies are overcharging and underpaying the people actually doing the work. Save yourself the hassle and don’t do rideshare anymore. It’s not worth it.

[williamFrSFO]

Hi Chris! Thanks to you and Sergio BTW, for the Show Me the Money series.
A couple of things, Las Vegas, where I drive is a small area, in many to most places the roads are shitty and the stoplights are many, with some very long along main roads, i.e. Flamingo, Tropicana, Desert Inn, and many more which cross the Valley E/W. Then there is road construction!
What all of this means, is with all of the above, there is more gas/battery used, abuse on the tires and oils. Nothing a driver to do can prevent or avoid this.
Regarding income, a video on what’s reportable tax-wise from your income doc’s, eg. Fees, etc.
Thanks!

[lleon-cvex]

My tip would be not to drive during the slow months due to all the oversaturation. It's criminal. Summer and winter in Los Angeles will have you questioning why you signed up in the first place. You can sit on the same corner for maybe half an hour or more and think to move to another corner in any popular area of the entire county you can think of: they're all swarmed with Uber/Lyft drivers and you have no requests. Or you didn't match fast enough and another driver took the request. As a new driver, you probably don't know requests were sent one at a time back in the day and this was not a problem. The requests under $5 go mostly unanswered, but those also are about all that will pop up. LAX lot? No, LAX lot is typically 300 cars any time you look and when you get there the queue will be full already, but you're nowhere close to LAX anyway so why burn the miles. Sorry, but no airport rides will conveniently pop up for you either! I spent over five hours out driving for Uber Tuesday to only pick up TWO people. One took me to Simi Valley and tipped $100 bill, but I ended up driving all the way back to Downtown LA (even after trying to wait for someone at Universal Studios but no one requested) and going offline in defeat. I wanted to accrue the hours for my $1300 medical stipend, but I don't know how at this crappy rate.

[yolandesmith]

I can’t see the amount $ it just shows 7 mins away how can I change that