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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you listen to the radio when you're driving? Have any passengers asked you to change channels?

Do you let people smoke in your car?

How long have you been doing this, and how long do you think you'll keep it up?[/quote]

I have WPGC on practically 24/7, WKYS as an alternate.  WTOP in the morning for traffic.  No, I have never had someone ask me to change the radio ever.  Either to turn it off (twice), or turn it up (all the time).  Everybody likes Drake, lol.  I set the radio volume about as low as it'll go but still be audible. I also never let a radio commercial run in the car with a passenger inside ever.

I have once.  A jolly giant of a man and his wife asked very nicely to smoke as we were headed out on a long ride from Georgetown to Potomac at like 4 in the morning.  I hesitated a second, then he said $10?, and I said fine.  It was the last ride of the nite and the only time the car has ever been smoked in.  Aired it out heavy on the drive home.  As for everyone else, it takes a real jerk to even have the thought to ask to smoke in someone's car that they use for earning money.

I've been doing this consistently for two and a half years, practically since the launch of both uberX and Lyft in DC.  I think I've got a few years left in me...but I'll quit with another rate drop. This current rate level is as low as I can stand it and for it to still be worth the time put into it.  Here's the reality: autonomous cars are coming, but not realistically for 10 years at least.  That's a still a long time for an actual human driver to be needed.[/quote]

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