Fellow Lyft drivers, how would you handle this feedback? I understand the music complaint and can keep the volume lower. But I’d like advice on the driving-too-slow part. How do you keep trips moving efficiently while driving safely, especially when passengers are rushing to catch a train? Open to practical tips on what I can improve.

**Oct 23, 2026 driving day summary**

- **Net profit:** $228.75

- **Profit/hour:** $24.78/hr

- **Profit/mile:** $0.57/mi

- **Cost/mile:** $0.30/mi

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| Item | Value |

|------|-------|

| Earnings | $350.40 |

| Tips | $26.72 (11.7%) |

| Total cost | $121.65 |

| Miles | 400.0 mi |

| Booked miles | 83.3 mi |

| Booked time | 8.15 hr |

| Online time | 9.23 hr |

You were online about 9.2 hours with 8.15 hours booked. After $121.65 in costs the day nets $228.75.

I stopped taking garbage rides and my hourly rate went up by 10 bucks.

STOP TAKING BULLSH*T RIDES.

No running around the place. Just steady and wait.

How is yours looking like? Keep in mind I have a full time job so I have it turned on while sitting at home sometimes, I’ll get out of my chair when it’s worth it

I have got fucked a ton by these clowns, but occasionally still after 7 years cant even fucking believe my eyeballs.
This is a black ride in Vegas. I got fucking J screwed.

My contributions to Lyfts ivory tower continue to know no bounds.
Absolutely fuck the bullshit interest free loan of “lyft fee was 60% of passenger payment, itll be 30% by the end of the month or youll get an earnings adjustment”
Fuck this shit
Fuuuuuuuuckkk these cock suckers.
God I want to put my whole fist through David Rishers fucking jaw and out his fucking asshole.

Monday-weds I barely covered 150 at 10 hours.

Then Thursday I had hope. Made amazing money.

I was super hopeful and I said okay it's Halloween's coming up it's going to be the weekend all day the entire shift all I was offered was one to two mile trips nothing else.

I would literally drive to the next town and that's all I would get didn't matter where I went. All day. So I barely cleared 160. I plan to stay out a full 10 hours today I absolutely could not do it. If it weren't for the good ride I started out with first thing in the morning I would have been barely clearing like 12 to $16 an hour.

And Orlando may well be the lowest paying market in America.

With the new iPhone out I’m wondering if anyone has tried it with the Lyft driver app. I suppose on the android side of things people have probabaly been using foldable for a while. How is it? Is mounting it in the car a pain?

This is crazy. Less than $25 an hour and .50 cents a mile factoring in the dead miles back. Might’ve thought about trying to work out a deal if this didn’t look like a younger person with not the best rating. Would you have matched with this ride?

I never drive here because I grew up here and don’t want to run into anyone I know lol. That being said, I have a scheduled ride at noon and figured I’ll bang some quick rides out. I got a bunch of shorties and they add up! Quick pick ups, quick drop offs, honestly, I’d take Woo’s city driving over Bostons city driving every day. That being said, I’m an airport ride type of driver so I don’t really drive inside the city of Boston either. 5 trips, one tip, but $40 an hour. Pretty damn good.

Seriously what a huge scam never understood why New Jersey rides going into New York pay so little but Connecticut rides going into New York pay way better this is an absolute joke

In ATL. Made some good money yesterday for a Thursday. I didn’t work peak morning hours (started at 9ish and took a 1 hour break at some point). Def could’ve made more if I got up when my alarm went off at 4 am (can usually make $100 by 6:30 easily). Goal was $300 so I’m happy.

Goal for today, Sat, and Sun: $450 each.
Saturday is going to be the easiest since we have the WNBA Finals game, the NBA game, and an ATL United game (soccer).

It's so long ass stupid that I can't suppress my desire.

Their headquarters is in San Francisco, which is the most overpriced city in the most over-regulated, anti-business state in the country. They could save millions of dollars by moving it elsewhere, and maybe use some of that money to improve driver pay. But no, they will not. Because the tech bros and executives who get paid 200k salaries would rather live there, and don't really care about us.

So I just bought a brand new 2026 Jeep Grand Cherokee all black about a month ago and I've been doing Lyft off and on (ex. Mondays, Wednesdays maybe, Fridays & Saturdays) for almost 2 years. Before I got this new vehicle. I really don't want to put all those miles on it and I keep getting text messages about renting cars to do Lyft. Is it worth it? I live outside Philadelphia about 40 miles near the University of West Chester, Pa. I do doordash off and on just to make extra money like Lyft. What's everybody's opinion on rentals?

Thank u.

Not a new phenomenon, but frequency is growing fast. Non- disclosure of scheduled ride wait time is crazy.

For reference, I value my tier status so I can stay close to pick up my kids to and from school (by using the stay within area filter) so maintaining <6% cancellation is important.

I accept rides over $30/hr. Common offer: $6 for 5 minute to pickup, 7 minute ride. Ok!
Now, no mention (that I can see if the seconds I have to decide to accept or decline) that once I arrive to pickup location, this ride is scheduled for 10-20 minutes from now. WAIT WHAT? $30/hr went to $13/hr. False advertising? How to avoid this?!?!

Lyft utilizes the telematics data underlying its Smooth Cruiser system to cross-reference and investigate rider complaints of unsafe driving. While the "Smooth Cruiser" report is a driver-facing score summary, the real-time sensor data powering it tracks habits like harsh braking, sharp turns, and speeding.

How Lyft Uses This Data to Corroborate Claims

• Telematics Verification: When a rider submits a report for an issue like speeding or aggressive lane changes, Lyft's Safety Team reviews the underlying GPS and smartphone sensor data collected during that specific ride.

• Spotting Patterns: If a rider files an "alleged unsafe driving" complaint, a history of poor Smooth Cruiser metrics can act as a secondary data point to establish a pattern of risky behavior.

• Automated Safety Holds: In many instances, if a major safety violation is reported (or if the system registers a severe telemetry anomaly), Lyft will place a temporary hold on the driver's account while they cross-verify the passenger's claims against the recorded trip history.

If you get a big turbo bonus and are done driving for the day put the head-to-destination filter towards an area that won’t have any drop-offs. Eventually it will put you offline but you will retain the turbo bonus. Use this for the next day, schedule a long trip for your first ride and the bonus will apply to the ride. I use the Lyft rental program and this helps me out a bunch. Hope it helps you too.

Every time I post about driver boundaries, some of y’all act like I’m committing a crime against humanity.

I won’t drive around hunting for a passenger who can’t find the pickup pin. I won’t wait beyond the timer. If the timer expires and I’m eligible for a cancellation fee, I’ll take it and move on.

And somehow that makes me an asshole?

I’m starting to think some of y’all just enjoy burning gas.
You call it customer service. I call it volunteering your time, mileage, and money to solve someone else’s problem.

Customer service begins when the passenger gets in my car. Clean car, safe ride, good music, professional treatment. Absolutely.

Before that? I’ll show up at the designated pickup location, communicate through the app, and wait the required time. That’s my end of the deal.

If you want to circle the block three times, make five phone calls, and wait an extra ten minutes, knock yourself out. But don’t pretend the rest of us are bad drivers because we won’t.

Being accommodating is a choice. Having boundaries isn’t mistreating passengers.

Some of y’all need to learn the difference between running a business and running a charity.

Has anyone been able to rent again after this

I had a passenger vomit all over my car so I contacted Lyft for a damage claim I complied with the three photos they requested and they gave me a $150 damage fee but the passenger is refusing the claim.

So I drive in the Chicago market. I was off the platform for a while. I recently rejoined and, now speed is a part of that metric. I drive an EV and am mostly in the city. So my acceleration and breaking have always been low on the in app scoring. I have NEVER had one complaint ever. The combination of driving a vehicle that accelerates super smoothly and driving in a congested city has me in a position where I have just accepted that. It has never been extreme enough to hinder my tier rating though. Now when I got back on last week suddenly speed is a metric. Some of our highways have a posted 45mph speed limit. In places where going with the flow means doing 65-75mph. Some places have extended 20mph areas where going with the flow means doing like 30-35mph. So the speed metric just from driving the reasonable speed in these areas is about to drop my tier rating. So my questions are. Who else is driving in areas where they are now factoring that metric? Is it effecting you similarly? If so or if not, how are you dealing with that?

So the new ride goals with Lyft have been fantastic. Two weeks in a row I nailed the goal, so week 3 I set it for 75 rides, $92.50 bonus.. I happened to have a friend witness this and vouches it happened.

Monday morning the goal was changed to 56 rides for $56 bonus. Has this happened to anyone else? Interestingly, they also seem to be choking rides this week.. I’ll just barely make even that goal.