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Posted on 9/19/16 at 2:42 pm to Panny Crickets
I drive Uber. You don't know the destination until you swipe to start the ride. That being said I've never turned down a location. But ultimately, if I swiped to start a ride and it was some place that I really didn't want to go all i would really have to say is "Sorry can't do it" and I bet it wouldn't be the end of the world. Nobody is forcing anybody to go anywhere. Talking to riders lately, however, they have said there have been more flaky drivers than usual.
Posted on 9/19/16 at 2:42 pm to SippyCup
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The fare runs between $45 and $55.
Makes me feel fantastic about the Fort Lauderdale to NOLA 39 dollar flight I just booked.
Posted on 9/19/16 at 2:43 pm to TigerBait1127
I just quit driving for Uber, and the driver DOES NOT know the destination until he arrives to pick up the rider.
Posted on 9/19/16 at 2:43 pm to redneck
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they do not know the destination before accepting and if they pass on 2 rides in a row they get locked out for 30 minutes
lol, no you don't
Posted on 9/19/16 at 2:44 pm to LNCHBOX
quote:they do not
The drivers know your destination before they pick you up. I think this thread is a troll.
This post was edited on 9/19/16 at 2:44 pm
Posted on 9/19/16 at 2:44 pm to notsince98
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I don't see how they wouldn't know where you are wanting to go.
I know for a fact that UBER does not disclose a customer's destination request until the customer is in the UBER partner's vehicle.
Posted on 9/19/16 at 2:45 pm to Delacroix22
Trips don't pop up until the driver arrives at the riders pickup location...this is to prevent drivers from cherry picking rides
ETA: to be more precise, the destination doesn't pop up until after the driver starts the trip
ETA: to be more precise, the destination doesn't pop up until after the driver starts the trip
This post was edited on 9/19/16 at 2:47 pm
Posted on 9/19/16 at 2:46 pm to St Augustine
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Makes me feel fantastic about the Fort Lauderdale to NOLA 39 dollar flight I just booked.
no shite, you're reducing a 12-13 hour drive into an hour and forty minute flight, and having a few cocktails served to you on the way...as long as they don't do the Southwest engine thing again
Posted on 9/19/16 at 2:46 pm to Displaced
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Is that how it works currently? It makes sense to do it that way.
That's a good question. It would make sense to have it work that way. My understanding is that Uber isn't always very cost effective for drivers trying to make money with it as a cab service. Seems that a system like that would prevent these problems.
Posted on 9/19/16 at 2:47 pm to Moist Tiger
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there have been more flaky drivers than usual
That's what I have been experiencing. For a while the drivers where fine with it, not its a complete opposite.
Posted on 9/19/16 at 2:50 pm to Bmath
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Seems that a system like that would prevent these problems.
I think there is something similar with the self-driving vehicles. Actual drivers at the very least will still get dinged with their acceptance as far as I know.
Posted on 9/19/16 at 2:59 pm to Displaced
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Call me an a-hole, but when I Uber it is because I don't want to or can't drive at the moment. My motive is not to ensure the driver makes money.
Yep. And the motive of the driver is to make money, so I have no problem with them cancelling a trip that will net them close to nothing.
Posted on 9/19/16 at 3:09 pm to Moist Tiger
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Talking to riders lately, however, they have said there have been more flaky drivers than usual.
I've noticed this as well. Some of the cars people are showing up in are junk.
Posted on 9/19/16 at 3:11 pm to Napoleon
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I wouldn't do it either. You should have to pay more as they are going back empty. Really you are almost fricking them.
This. For any trip over X distance, you should have to pay for round trip, unless the driver gets a fare for the return.
Posted on 9/19/16 at 3:13 pm to Jones
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ome of the cars people are showing up in are junk.
what do you expect. a towncar?
we had those once. I think they were called cabs before the hipster revolution
Posted on 9/19/16 at 3:17 pm to Nado Jenkins83
No, but I don't expect a guy to show up in a rundown ford Taurus with dirty children's clothes in the backseat.
The service is barely above the taxi service in BR.
The service is barely above the taxi service in BR.
Posted on 9/19/16 at 3:18 pm to Jones
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No, but I don't expect a guy to show up in a rundown ford Taurus with dirty children's clothes in the backseat.
thought they have regulations?
ex:
car must be this age or newer
4 doors
stuff like that?
Posted on 9/19/16 at 3:18 pm to Nado Jenkins83
If the drivers don't like the system let them tell Uber and get it changed. I would be pissed if a driver told me he didn't want to take me after I got in the car.
Posted on 9/19/16 at 3:19 pm to Nado Jenkins83
They do. Doesn't mean people are going to follow the rules.
Uber is great in big cities but it's not all that great in BR.
Uber is great in big cities but it's not all that great in BR.
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