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Are You A RideGuru?

Today we have a sponsored post from RideGuru. RideGuru is a forum and community for rideshare drivers AND passengers where drivers and passengers discuss the unfiltered points of rideshare driving. As always, all opinions are our own.

The RideGuru forum reminds me of a cross between Reddit and Quora, but for rideshare drivers. People submit questions about driving (or riding) and the best answers get upvoted to the top. Overall, I dig this format because it combines the different dynamics of drivers and passengers and is an interesting place to see real conversation happen between them outside of the car. I also don’t like digging through pages upon pages of 3-5 year old comments in a traditional bulletin forum.

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A $545 Tax Deduction Every Week?

Full-time rideshare drivers can put up to 1000 business miles a week on their car. Rack up your mileage deductions and track your business miles with QuickBooks Self-Employed.

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Save $20 Now So Future You Won’t Die Driving for Uber

In the majority of cases, you aren’t going to get rich driving for Uber. However, there are ways to plan for your financial future so that you’re not dependent on Uber when you’re 65. Senior RSG contributor Christian Perea covers what younger rideshare drivers can do right now to prepare themselves financially – and all it starts with is $20 a week.

I recently took a ride as a passenger with a driver who was 75 years old. He told me he’d had several heart attacks and back surgeries and was living off a combination of his Social Security and Uber income. Without a steady Uber income, this man wouldn’t be able to pay for his daily expenses, putting him in a tough position.

Unfortunately, he’s not the only one I’ve met with this type of story; there are a lot of 65+ year old drivers supplementing their retirement income with rideshare earnings. And according to our 2018 Rideshare Survey, nearly 35% of drivers are over the age of 61.

In the majority of cases, you aren’t going to get rich driving for Uber. However, there are ways to plan for your financial future so that you’re not dependent on Uber when you’re 65. Senior RSG contributor Christian Perea covers what younger rideshare drivers can do right now to prepare themselves financially - and all it starts with is $20 a week.

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The Best Rideshare Assistance Apps for Drivers in 2018

There are a lot of apps out there claiming to help rideshare drivers and today, senior RSG contributor Christian Perea covers the top driver apps of 2018 to make your job driving easier (and perhaps more profitable). What do you think of the apps listed below? Let us know your favorite in the comments!

There are a lot of companies building apps to help drivers, but today we’re going to focus on the category of ‘driver assistance apps’. We’ve already covered mileage tracking apps extensively, but driver assistance apps are a new term we just made up and they are apps that make driving easier for drivers or allow drivers to earn more money.

Most of them have a monthly or yearly fee, but there are some pretty unique ideas out there and I’ve also included a possibly biased opinion on DA BEST rideshare app at the end 😉

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Everyone Is Upset About New Surge and Prime Time. Should They Be?

Recently, we featured a guest post from the perspective of a Chicago driver affected by Lyft’s potential new changes to Prime Time. A lot of of drivers understandably have many questions about Lyft’s new Prime Time, plus Uber’s changes for new surge. Senior RSG contributor Christian Perea tackles those questions, and how new surge/Prime Time may affect drivers, below.

Recently, we featured a guest post from the perspective of a Chicago driver affected by Lyft’s potential new changes to Prime Time. A lot of of drivers understandably have many questions about Lyft’s new Prime Time, plus Uber’s changes for new surge. Senior RSG contributor Christian Perea tackles those questions, and how new surge/Prime Time may affect drivers -

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Seam: A Safety App To Protect Drivers

Today we have a sponsored guest post from Seam Technic, which is a safety app that helps you stay safe by recording your vehicle interior and sharing your location with loved ones while you drive. Not everyone can afford a dash cam so this is a great alternative – it’s free to download and use, but you can upgrade to a premium version that allows you to store your recordings (30-days) and download copies for your records.

Ever have a passenger threaten to “get you fired” from Uber because you wouldn’t give them and their 8 drunk friends a ride in your 4-seat car?

How about a passenger who tells Uber or Lyft they didn’t throw up in your car?

More unsettling stories, such as an Australian Uber driver assaulted by a passenger for refusing to make a stop at McDonald’s or earlier this year in Texas where an Uber driver was robbed at gunpoint, have set drivers’ radar on high. And we’ve all seen the infamous dash cam footage of the Taco Bell employee assaulting an Uber driver unprovoked.

Today we have a sponsored guest post from Seam Technic, which is a safety app that helps you stay safe by recording your vehicle interior and sharing your location with loved ones while you drive. Not everyone can afford a dash cam so this is a great alternative - it’s free to download and use, but you can upgrade to a premium version that allows you to store your recordings (30-days) and download copies for your records.

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