How to Not Drive With a Lyft Driver Again

The author has experience driving for both Uber and Lyft and is here to share her thoughts about the pros and cons of each.

Explore the pros and cons of Lyft and Uber

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Getting Paid to Drive

I started driving for Uber a couple of years ago in betwixt jobs. It was interesting. I met different people and learned different areas of the city I live in that I'd never been to before. After starting a new job, I would drive occasionally for actress money. At that place is a workweek for payment, the cutoff beingness early Monday mornings. Money earned would be deposited in my banking concern business relationship later on in the week. Pretty cool.

Life, in general, interrupted my driving until a few weeks ago when I found myself out of a job once more. I had purchased a newer car and had yet to make the change on Uber. Well, I got that done pretty rapidly and found that the payment could at present be instantaneous! I had heard from drivers of Uber and Lyft that Lyft came out of the gate doing that, and Uber inverse their policy to lucifer. You tin still wait for Mon forenoon and have the money deposited afterwards in the week, or you can pay a small fee (50 cents) to have it deposited immediately.

Regarding the other drivers I had spoken to, they were all driving for both services. Then someone shut to me started doing the same, then I signed upwardly for Lyft likewise. That's when I started noticing differences.

Navigation: There Is a Difference!

I'yard sure most of you lot are familiar with Google Maps on your phones. I know I use mine all the time. Uber uses the same Google Maps app to navigate you around, including audible directions. Lyft, however, does not.

My commencement Lyft ride didn't go so well. First of all, y'all have to tap the screen an extra time: when you arrive, when the rider enters the vehicle, and when the ride is over. With Uber, it tells you you accept arrived and the passenger has been notified. Once they enter the vehicle, you tap that y'all accept picked up the rider and again when you driblet them off.

So later going through the actress step, we were off. The only trouble was I had no idea where we were going! The navigation screen was and so far out I couldn't figure out which style to go. At present I am definitely not one to text and bulldoze. Glancing at a modest screen to meet which way to turn is about all I can handle. Trying to figure out an app while driving and not letting the passenger know I don't know what I'1000 doing is quite hard.

I finally asked the immature man where we were headed. It was somewhere I was familiar with, then I was able to get him in that location expediently. I maintained a professional person demeanor while he was in the car, but once he was out and I had pulled abroad, I let my frustration out! It would have helped if it had the aural navigation every bit well, which it does, I just didn't know how to turn it on!

Some other distracting element on the Lyft navigation is it continues to show you where you've been. There are as well many lines and an pointer. A quick glance while navigating at night is not adequate.

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Overall, I don't like the Lyft navigation system. I feel I have to take my eyes off the route too much to feel safe.

Running Both Uber and Lyft Simultaneously

When I finally was canonical for Lyft, I planned a day to try them both at once. I got in the car and got everything situated—phone mounted, charger plugged in, purse on the floor, a/c cranked (information technology was a hot day). I opened the Lyft app and went online, opened the Uber app and went online, and finally turned on music through the Uber app. I was ready to rock and gyre (well, classical when riders are in the automobile). I backed out of the driveway and started driving towards the heart of town.

After a few minutes of driving effectually, I got an Uber ride. I headed to the pickup destination and picked up my rider. It was a brusk trip—less than 10 minutes. After I dropped the rider off, I switched over to the Lyft app and saw that I had missed a ride and had received a warning. Really? Okay, I'll get out the Lyft app open.

I then received a Lyft ride, and after completion, I switched over to the Uber app and saw I had missed a ride there. How was I missing the ride notifications?

A few days later, I was talking to another driver and asked how he got his rides if one app was nowadays while the other was in the background. At kickoff, he wasn't sure, but after talking nigh for a few minutes, we figured out that subsequently you lot open and go online with both apps, y'all have to return your phone to the black screen.

I went out and tried that. It worked! I would open the app, accept the ride, open up the other app, and become offline (I figured that out on my ain).

There is a difference here likewise. Uber volition pop up on your screen with a message and a sound. The Lyft app only makes the sound.

In Conclusion

I adopt driving for Uber. The navigation system is easier to use, it links upwardly to my Pandora account, and it's more than user-friendly. I've heard from riders that Lyft is less expensive. Based on the percentage of Uber vs. Lyft rides that I've done, there are move Lyft riders. From a driving standpoint, I experience safer with Uber.

This commodity is accurate and true to the all-time of the author'south knowledge. Content is for informational or entertainment purposes only and does not substitute for personal counsel or professional advice in business concern, financial, legal, or technical matters.

Zia Uddin from UK on October 21, 2018:

Very interesting indeed. Nosotros don't accept Lyft unfortunately in Great britain, but Uber is good enough. Only problem is the fares are too depression, too much driving to the passenger's destination and wasting fuel driving from one area to another.

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