3 MISTAKES New Uber Drivers Make

If you have driven Uber or Lyft, chances are you probably have made all of these mistakes and likely to be making one now. Join special guest Kian as he goes over 3 of the mistakes new Uber/Lyft drivers make.

What mistakes have you made when driving? Share your thoughts in the comments!

For more from Kian, check out his channel here: @KeyintheCar

Have you thought about trying delivery?

Save money

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

About The RideShare Guy:

I'm Harry, the founder of The Rideshare Guy. I started driving for Uber and Lyft in 2015 and eventually quit my day job as an aerospace engineer to run The Rideshare Guy full time.

These days, I'm a trusted media expert on all things rideshare and have a number of contributors across the country who are all driving for Uber and Lyft and other gig companies like Instacart, Doordash, and Postmates.

The RideShare Guy has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, CNBC, NPR, 60 Minutes on CBS TV, The Washington Post, Wired, Forbes, SFGate, and hundreds more.

The RideShare Guy has interviewed top gig economy leaders such as:

Tags

#Uber
#Driver
#Mistakes

Related Videos

[Therideshareguy]

What mistakes have you made when driving either Uber or Lyft?

[DanielDuarte]

As a driver just make sure to greet your rider as they enter your vehicle and ask if the car temperature is good for them then after that shut your mouth, most riders feel annoyed and only want a peaceful and quiet ride.

[megaslayer]

Even as a new driver I never chased a surge.
My rule for accepting rides is no more than a 10 minute drive for a pick up.
As far as talking to passengers, I work in a medium sized market where I see a lot of the same people pretty often I’m 1 of maybe 6 other Uber drivers in my area most people are very chatty with me without me having to initiate it. I guess I’m one of the lucky ones.

[ziggy]

I'm an 8 year veteran, im in the top 25% of drivers in the region 4.98 rating, over 5000 5 star rides, your advise on your last "Tip" about over talking and you stated the majority wanted " Quiet" I find that it is TOTALLY the opposite! 90 % of my rides are fun and talkative, but YES, Read the Room, it doesn't take long to figure it out, Thanks 😊

[MJSmithGroup]

Mistake #1: Driving for uber.
Mistake #2: Not truly knowing & understanding your vehicle operating expense.
Mistake #3: Accepting rides that don't pay a reasonable amount for the time after deducting your expenses, including deadhead time & miles.

[pac]

About the last tip, I match my riders' energy. If they want to talk, I'm more than happy to engage in a conversation. if they don't want to talk, I throw on some relaxing jazz music and we ride in silence.

[everydayvacaytaj]

My favorite is when you get a ride to the zone thats been surging all day and when you get there the surge is now back at your house in the suburbs where it's not busy

[veganjem]

I have been an Uber driver for 5 1/2 years now, nearly 6700 rides, 2300 on lyft (lyft is such a damn rip off, I quit) I am a Diamond driver, 95% of my riders tip me. I always ask how are they doing and wish them a Great Evening. If they start to talk after I ask how they are doing then it continues on. If they are quiet I am also. Some of them are going home from work and have been dealing with people for 8 hours, they want some decompression time and quiet.. I allow that. I learned about "over talking" and still may do this on occasion, I catch myself tho. Chasing surge, after all these years and rides I still do it. hahaha.. and sometimes I get it, sometimes I dont. the area may surge again, so if it pops, then I hang out for a bit to see if it will come back..

[jackbteaching]

Number 3 is my weakness. I like that you pointed it out, and I will try harder to 'read the car'. Thanks!

[Mrstuff]

There's also times when the driver isn't really in the mood to talk and the passenger is the one that can't stop talking about their day or problems

[lelacalhoun]

New driver been feeling like I've been chasing my tail, Thank you very much 😊

[KeyintheCar]

Thanks for having me on! Hope this advice helps you guys!

[juliettef.g]

I will never make mistake#3, once I say hello how are you, I'm done talking.

[gmssg]

I’ve been doing Uber for 2.5 weeks in Tacoma, WA and haven’t seen a surge yet. I also haven’t seen upfront fares. I’ve done 115 trips I’m Uber Gold pro.

[marctavares]

When i am not working the airport, customers don't tip

[Otalk]

Thank you for the info. Lyft sent me across the town for a 5-minute ride. I feel for it.

[xBangBangChuChuTrain]

Rider threw up in my car, threw the wet nap i offered her covered in vomit at my face, threaten to f me up, I cleaned vomit for over an hour, and unable to continue driving for the night, I ask Uber for cleaning fee reimbursement, with audio recording and pictures, Uber claims I don’t need any compensation

[Joe_Games]

Is it worth chasing Uber gold since it gives you trip time and direction? I don’t live in an upfront market and knowing this information seems extremely helpful for trip planning. The problem is it requires an %85 AR… seems tough.

Thoughts?

[caseybelaire]

I live in Austin, Texas. Do you know if there is a greenlight hub in Dallas or Houston? My account was hacked twice and calling Uber on the phone was no help

[geemoneybeforethepipe]

I did Uber for the 1st time today . My first client I talked n listened . He tipped me, my 2nd client I didn’t say a word n didn’t get a tip . My 3rd client I talked and got a tip