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by Christian Perea on August 20, 2018 Leave a Comment

Want to See Where Your Rider is Going? You May Be Able to Now

Have you ever wished you could see where your passenger is going before you accept the ride? It’s one of many features drivers wish Uber and Lyft would add, but Uber and Lyft have resisted adding it… until now. Today, senior RSG contributor Christian Perea discusses the new feature Uber and Lyft may be adding to the Uber and Lyft driver apps.

Over the last month, Uber and Lyft have both been piloting a new feature that allows drivers to see more information about their trips before they accept them. The pilot provides drivers with the estimated duration of trip, and Uber’s in particular will even tell you the general direction of the request so the driver will know what to expect – all on the acceptance screen.

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by Will Preston on August 3, 2018 Leave a Comment

How Would You Rate Denzel Washington’s Performance as a Lyft Driver?

Have you ever watched a movie, TV show or music video that featured Lyft or Uber logos? Maybe someone was actually “working” as a driver. We wanted to know how realistic these portrayals are and if there are takeaways for drivers, so we had senior RSG contributor Will Preston break down one of the latest movies to prominently feature rideshare driving, the movie The Equalizer 2 starring Denzel Washington.

In the recently released movie, The Equalizer 2, Denzel Washington plays a horrible Lyft driver who somehow gets repeat business. I wanted to better understand this dichotomy, so I decided to look at his dashcam footage. After all, it’s Denzel Washington, he’s getting repeat business as a driver – he must be doing something right, right?

In case you haven’t heard of The Equalizer 2, its plot summary from Google is:

“If you have a problem and there is nowhere else to turn, the mysterious and elusive Robert McCall will deliver the vigilante justice you seek. This time, however, McCall’s past cuts especially close to home when thugs kill Susan Plummer — his best friend and former colleague. Now out for revenge, McCall must take on a crew of highly trained assassins who’ll stop at nothing to destroy him.”

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by Harry Campbell on August 1, 2018 276 Comments

Lyft Vehicle & Driver Requirements – What You Need To Drive For Lyft

Requirements for Being a Lyft Driver

Let’s start with the requirements of the drivers themselves. Feel free to skip down the page if you want to read the vehicle/car requirements.

Lyft emphasizes the fact that most drivers are just ordinary people like you and I. That being said, Lyft also has safety standards and regulations to meet. So in reality Lyft is looking for any ordinary person who has a good driving record and is not or has not been a criminal. Here is a list of their requirements to become a driver:

Applicants must be 21 years of age or older
Applicants must have had a valid driver’s license for at least 1 year
Clean Driving Record
Pass a criminal background check
Be insured on the vehicle you intend to drive

This is Part 2 of 5 part series

Quick link: Rent a car to drive for Lyft

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by Jonathan Knope on August 1, 2018 65 Comments

Lyft or Uber: 5 Reasons to Start Driving For Lyft Before Uber

Harry here. I always hear from new drivers who ask which service they should sign up with first. Today, RSG contributor Jon Knope gives us five good reasons why Lyft is the better choice for newbies.

If you’re looking for a comprehensive list of all the current sign-up bonuses available for rideshare drivers, please check out our new Rideshare Sign-Up Bonuses Page.

Lyft or Uber? Drive for Lyft First, then Drive for Uber

If you’re just getting started with ridesharing, you’ve probably got a lot of things on your mind. Before you can hit the road, you need to clean and/or maintain your vehicle, sort out your insurance options, and even put some thought into how you’ll deal with an unruly passenger. But there’s another decision to make, too: Which service should you sign up for first?

In this post, we’ll look at five reasons you should get your feet wet with Lyft – and hold off (at least for a little while) on submitting that Uber application.

Do you wish there was an easy-reference guide out there for Uber or Lyft drivers? Something you could flip to and get almost all of your questions answered quickly? I did too – which is why I created The Rideshare Guide, based on my years of experience as a driver and from answering questions from readers just like you. You can check it out here.

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by Jonathan Knope on July 30, 2018 1 Comment

How To Use Lyft: App Tutorial For Drivers & Passengers

Not everyone is as comfortable with smartphones as they’d like, so today RSG contributor Jon Knope walks through the driver and passenger side of the Lyft app.

Passengers: Click here to download the app and ride Lyft

Drivers: Click here to sign up to drive for Lyft

Learn How to Use Lyft

On this blog, we frequently get questions about how to operate the various rideshare apps – and how to use Lyft is no exception. To help answer those questions, we’ve put together a couple of video tutorials to walk you through every step on how Lyft works, both as a driver and as a passenger. We’ve also extracted the most important info into an FAQ format below each video. (For a walkthrough of the Uber apps, click here!)

How to Use Lyft

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