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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can you explain the pool rides more? Do I have to do them if I'm a driver and if so how do you get around it? You seem to have a nice system going. I'm in LA, is uber good to drive out here as well? [/quote]

Pool rides are almost half of the volume on uberX now.  You have two choices: drive pool rides and earn pennies for the effort OR reject pool ride requests until you get an uberX/surge request.  If you want to actually get paid somewhat fairly for your time, the latter option is the best choice BUT uber will sit you in a "time-out" ranging from ten minutes to an hour out of the driver app if you cancel too many ride requests.  Uber does this to force drivers into accepting all rides, pool or uberX, no matter what.  Drivers who are new to the game don't realize that there is a choice and will accept any ride that comes them (and I gladly let them).  So to make the most of your time, choose wisely.

LA is a top-5 uber city along with DC.  If I could pick an ideal area to drive, it'd be a place with millions of people spread across a wide area who have above-average incomes, like LA and DC.

[quote=Anonymous]PP again- If I want to drive, should I stick to fri/sat nights? I have a FT job. [/quote]

The 62 hours between Friday at 5pm and Monday at 7am are all great times to drive.

[quote=Anonymous]Would you ever drive when it's not surge? [/quote]

Not if I can help it.  Surge is too easy to game if you know where it's going to be as it pops up around the city in cycles based on the day/time.  If it's not surging with regularity when expected, business is not going to be brisk that day at all and I'd probably just go home.[/quote]

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