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I think that is overly cynical. Drivers aren't subhuman idiots. Most that I have spoken with seem to be intelligent and thoughtful people. I tend to believe tha
by s1artibartfast 2y ago
I think that is overly cynical. Drivers aren't subhuman idiots. Most that I have spoken with seem to be intelligent and thoughtful people. I tend to believe that most of them can do the simple arithmetic and know if they are losing money each month.
I would be curious to see the numbers on driver retention, but a quick search didn't turn up anything.
- AStonesThrow 2y agoYeah, but there are a shocking number who are renting accounts. It is not uncommon for some dude with a clean record to get the account, and the car, and then rent out one or the other to someone with a not-so-clean record. And I have often seen legitimate drivers swapping in other cars unannounced. It's extremely annoying when the app sends me a bunch of info about the car, and the driver pulls up, and it's all wrong. I ask the driver why, and they're always like "oh, my regular car is in the shop." And the car they're driving has temporary or dealer tags. And I'm like, would you please update it in the app, because riders like me get paranoid when someone's shady about their car or license plate.
- s1artibartfast 2y agoI have seen this as well, and where the driver doesnt match the account. However, doesn't that indicate that there is some money to be made on the driver side?
- xnx 2y agoI don't think anyone is an idiot for driving for Uber/Lyft, but there are a lot of costs that are very difficult to calculate except on a fleet level. e.g. are drivers factoring in the increased risk of getting in an accident that might raise their insurance rates for five years, etc.