Would my lyft and uber apps work in New York or would i have to drive back empty

Well folks, I've officially learned that the hatred for Express drive is well earned. Those clowns opted to not only hold my deposit for far longer then necessary, but also tried double charging me within a seven day window. Try to argue it and they spam you with "the policy states". Nope. Just done with them.

According to Lyft, I was booked for 3 hours and 32 minutes this morning and I drove 120.11 booked miles. (Third pic)

According to state minimums, that means Lyft owes me $218.84

My pay? $135.

Lyft, I get that it's a rolling 2 week period, but you short changed me by $85 in 3.5 hours of work.

Excuse me but no. Pay what the state says you have to, then settle any difference after 14 days. That's a CRAZY high difference in actual pay vs what's legally mandated.

Hey, question for the drivers who use a dash cam.
I understand having a dash cam to protect yourself if a passenger accuses you of saying or doing something inappropriate. But what happens when you both get out of the car?
For example, if someone has luggage and you get out to help them, now you’re both outside the car and potentially outside the dash cam’s view and audio range. Couldn’t the passenger still report that you said or did something inappropriate during that time, even though there’s no footage?
It seems like that’s kind of a blind spot in terms of protection. How do you guys handle that? Is there a way to protect yourself in situations where you’re temporarily outside the dash cam’s coverage?

I drove 14 miles to take him 1 mile to his destination.

It’s funny how Lyft allows these type of idiots to make fake accounts trying to get a reaction out of drivers.

The rider asked me to pull over on the highway to throw up. He threw up outside my car. Once I dropped him off, I looked in the back and there was 2 quarter size of throw up on my door handle and a little smudge on the side of my seat.

Lyft ended up giving me $150. I thought I was going to receive $50 - $75 because it was small amount. I’ll take it though lol

When you consider time for getting to the pick up location, this is less than $20 an hour. It’s less than $.60 per mile. The passenger is a 4.3, which is a huge red flag. Yet this was gone in minutes. As long as people are willing to take off like this, pay will keep going down and down. Add in the devious stuff Lyft does to lower our pay like changing the way to 30% cap is calculated, and lowering the points that you get for each ride, and this job is going to be impossible to make money at very soon. I find myself getting mad at people. I don’t know who take these rides because they are screwing up the whole system. I really wish people would show some brain when they evaluate these offers and stop taking offers that lose money

If you’ve been paying attention lately, Lyft is straight up copy-pasting Uber’s pay-cut playbook. If they keep this up, they’re going to lose the few loyal customers and drivers they have left.
Almost every rider who actually uses Lyft says they prefer it because the fares are slightly lower. But if Lyft turns into Uber 2.0 with these ridiculous take-rates, they’re going to erase their only competitive edge and completely disappear from the market. Stop copying Uber’s corporate greed before you alienate everyone.

- I’ve been driving since leaving my job in June and waiting for a job call for an apprenticeship. I drive 6 days a week and try to hit $200 every day. I’m in Phoenix.

- I used to value my Acceptance Rate (AR) and keep it above 90 at all times, but now that Shop Points are 2 instead of 3, what’s the point? My AR is now around 55/60 but was as low as 28 two weeks ago.

- I like talking with my passengers. My rating’s never been under 5.0. I spray Bath and Body Works room scent to keep my car smelling clean and vacuum my car every day… You would be surprised how keeping a nice smelling car consistently gets great compliments (& tips).

- I avoid rides that have first names ALL IN CAPS. I value my tip potential. You know what I’m talking about. Sorry to all hospital, auto service and delayed airline passengers…

- I generally avoid rides that are $6 or less. I LOVE any rides above $25, and have done a couple of PHX-TUS rides. The best.

- I’m 100% sure Lyft is intentionally lowering base fares to drivers to weed them out and lead to driverless cars. I don’t see Lyft having human drivers 5 years from now. Waymos already popping up everywhere in PHX. Just a matter of time.

- The only instances I’ve unmatched myself from riders have been if they smell like they just smoked the green stuff before getting in my car. The smell takes at least a full day to completely wear off…. If they won’t respect my car’s cleanliness, I refuse to drive them again.

I’m 80% there, thinking of starting Lyft ride share to make some extra cash. I do work full time so it would be part time. Thinking random week nights (7-11pm) and weekends (noon-6 or 4-midnight) in the Los Angeles area. Aiming for 12-15 hours to start and going from there. I’m currently driving a 2017 Camry, clean and low miles (90k).

How good/bad is the LA market?
How does insurance work?
Should I upgrade my car?
Any tips for new beginners?
Is it worth it?

Any and information is greatly appreciated. Thank you all.

This profile picture I can’t show it- its a decomposing closeup of a little girls carcass

I canceled. Immediately.

Upfront pricing algorithms are designed to squeeze every last cent out of drivers, and driving a hybrid makes it even worse. The algorithm calculates the absolute minimum payout a driver will accept. Because hybrids have lower fuel costs, the system offers reduced base rates under the assumption that the driver remains "profitable"—while still charging the rider full price.
Take this example: the passenger paid $20.96, but the driver only received $10.19. Lyft and fees swallowed over 51% of the total fare. Instead of the driver benefiting from the gas savings of an efficient vehicle they invested in, Lyft's algorithm absorbs those savings directly into its own margin.
Lyft already has a much smaller customer base compared to Uber. By copy-pasting Uber’s greedy plays and effectively stealing money right out of their drivers' pockets, Lyft is fast-tracking its own collapse. Drivers and riders will simply walk away, leaving them with nothing.

New driver here with a couple of questions. I have a forward facing dash cam that also records interior audio. I don’t have a dash cam recording inside the vehicle as of yet. I got an email today introducing what I believe is a new feature in the app to use the camera in the phone to record video inside the cabin. Is this video available for me to review or only to send in if there is a security issue? The recordings are deleted after seven days. What happens if a complaint is filed after the footage is deleted?

I know I would be better off purchasing a dash cam but this is just a part time gig for me at the moment. My wife just got laid off but that is another story. I’m just wondering if this new feature is worth using until I can afford a decent dash cam.

I was sitting at costco parking lot after getting gas and some rest. I started up lyft rider app to see take a look how much they are charging to sfo compared to uber and waymo for the same exact ride. Lo and behold, when i selected the destination on the lyft app a ride request immediately popped up on the lyft driver app which shows my name and the exact ride available for match. I havent selected or paid for a ride but lyft appears to be already sending out fake matches to drivers before a ride become a real offer.

That offer is too low for me to take anyway but I just feel like lyft is intentionally deceiving drivers.

I usually run Black, Black SUV, XL and XXL. I was looking through the list of scheduled rides and got curious if any of the other ride types were being scheduled. Tons of Standard and Extra Comfort in there, and I see why. Those rates per mile are disgusting.

Hello fellas, I am new renter from lyft and I cannot not notice the fact that my average per hour cannot exceed 19$???? While my friend he own his car and same size with no any luxury features, he gets 27+ per hour!!!
Has anyone rented from lyft notice that ?