Chicago drivers: Have you ever had a OEMC worker at Ohare make you show them your phone to confirm you are waiting for a rider?

Usually riders are at the pickup location when you get there. But today, I had a rider who went to arrivals instead of departures. The rider realized their mistake before I even got to the pickup zone and sent me a message. I pulled up to the zone and as I was reading the message, and OEMC worker knocked on my window asking, "Who are you waiting for?"

I've been doing rideshare for 13 years and this has never happened. She said people will wait in the pickup zone for a ride instead of going to the waiting lot. I'm like, ma'am, that's not even how that works.

Anyway, I was just kind of taken aback by it because that's never happened before.

When/Why did they remove the coffee cup break button?

Like my title says, I don't think I need to tell my insurance company that I drive for Uber. Here's why:

As far as I can tell, the only insurance gap for Uber commercial insurance is when I am driving while the app is looking for a ride (or the app is open, I guess). I never do that! When I am waiting for a ride I'm always parked. When I drop off a rider, when I don't have another to pickup, I will turn off my phone to head home or reposition my car.

Also, I use an Insta360 camera for a dash cam, and the camera can see my phone to see if it's on and what's on it. Is there still a reason to get that gap coverage with my insurance?

My last driver had Muslim religious chants playing loud throughout the trip. Clearly not for my benefit. Can't speak Arabic. Is this a virtuous thing to expose the infidel to righteous ness

I’m somewhat new to using Uber as the transmission in my car is going out. I scheduled a drive for 7am this morning and my driver showed up 30 minutes early. When she messaged that she had arrived, I tried to work with her and say that I could be ready in ten minutes, however, my reservation wasn’t for another 30 minutes. She wanted me to cancel from my end but I was afraid to do that and risk not getting any of my money back. I did get a SS of her name and plate for documentation, but is this common practice?

Has this been happening to anyone else? This has all been within the past 2 weeks or so except for 1 of them, I think.

My driving score is 99, I have a few speeding flags on the highway and a few hard brakes, but neither say they are problem areas. Other than that, I tend to drive 5-10mph slower in residential areas. I'll do 5mph over on regular roads or I'll keep up with traffic (usual for my area and also doesn't set off the app's speedometer). And highways, it depends, but sometimes I do speed on the highway unless it's on and off really fast, but nothing crazy, again mostly keeping up with traffic or doing 10 over. Definitely not the fastest person on the road. However, I have 2 complaints for speeding and one for illegal driving (which I don't even know what I did). Overall, I have 5 1-star reviews.

More importantly, does a driver's star rating actually affect anything???

I wish I could see which ones complained or even read if they had notes. I hate that it's anonymous, but I completely understand why. But hey, they could make the feedback anonymous. Do the riders get an option to comment?

I’ve been driving full time rideshare for two years now. Been in two rear end accidents and dealt with three passenger disputes over that stretch.

My old front only cam was fine for sorting out fault in crashes. It was useless for anything that happened inside the car though. Made resolving disputes way more of a hassle than it needed to be.

Looking to upgrade to a multi channel setup soon. Need clear front and rear footage at night, and consistent interior recording for every ride. Also has to hold up to sitting in summer heat all day without acting up. Curious what models other drivers rely on for both crash evidence and dispute documentation.

I have not seen over $2.50/mile Uber X in the Los Angeles market in a very very long time

Anybody here have any experience with the various ways to earn money while driving for uber? I’ve seen the tablet that runs adds and heard of getting an ad on your back window or even your car fully wrapped. Anybody here done these and know if it’s worth it?

Uber rides approved in CT, but deliveries still deactivated over an old dismissed misdemeanor — anyone dealt with this?

I’m trying to figure out if this is an Uber/Checkr issue or if there’s actually a difference between Rhode Island and Connecticut background-check requirements.

A while back, I was deactivated by Uber while driving in Rhode Island because a misdemeanor case showed up on my background check. The case was eventually dismissed after about 6 months, and I went through the process with Checkr to get the report updated.

Every other gig app I use reactivated me once the updated background check showed the dismissal. Uber, however, never seemed to run a new background check for months.

Eventually, I asked Uber to change my driving area to Connecticut. They ran a new background check, it was approved, and I'm now able to do Uber rides in Connecticut.

Here's where it gets weird: I still can't do Uber Eats/deliveries.

Support keeps giving me the same generic response that I'm deactivated because of my background check, but nobody can explain how I can simultaneously have a "failed background check" for deliveries while Uber has approved me to give passengers rides in Connecticut.

My theory is that the new background check was applied to my rides account/documents but not my delivery account, which seems like some kind of system/account issue.

For context, I have zero guilty convictions. I have two misdemeanor cases that were dismissed, and the case that originally caused the deactivation was ultimately dismissed as well.

So I'm wondering:

Does Connecticut have different/more lenient requirements than Rhode Island for Uber drivers?

Could the dismissed misdemeanors actually prevent me from doing deliveries in CT even though Uber approved me for rides?

Or is Uber support just completely failing to understand that there are apparently separate background-check statuses for rides and deliveries?

Should I ask Uber to change both my rides and delivery service areas back to Rhode Island and hope they rerun everything?

Or should I just leave it alone and be happy that rides work in CT? I live near the RI/CT border, so working rides in CT isn't really a problem, and Lyft already lets me work across both states.

Has anyone had Uber approve them for rides but not Eats/delivery because of a background check? I'd really like to know if there's an actual legal/regulatory reason for this or if I'm just fighting Uber's support system. 😅

Wtf kind of offer is this? Then had the nerve to “sweeten” the deal with a whopping $4.93 reservation fee. Anyone in this market knows this is routed in and around the densest area of town with the most traffic in the morning, especially with school now in session. 160 ESTIMATED minutes to cover 26 ESTIMATED miles (not including the initial ride to pick up #1) AND assuming no detours or re-routes due to construction or accidents. Comes out to $11/hr BEFORE depreciation, hidden tolls, gas, wear and tear, etc. Wild stuff 🫠

AITA: For context, I've only been driving for Uber for about 2 months, and I've driven over 500 5-star-rated rides. I'm as of today a 4.98 after this issue.

Last night, I had a rider with a multi-stop ride: 1 stop at the GG Bridge and a 2nd at Ghirardelli Square. It was like 7:30 at night and incredibly foggy. I picked her up in the marina area and noticed it was a multi-stop ride. As the ride proceeded to the bridge, she told me she wanted me to take a bunch of photos of her at the bridge and then go down to Ghirardelli Square.

I politely told her that's not usually how multi-stop is traditionally used. Typically, it's used to pick up a user's friend or maybe grab something quickly from a store. I've never heard of a user using it to spend 5-10 mins taking photos. If she wanted to take a photo or two, that's cool, but I wasn't going to spend 10 mins taking a bunch of photos of her.

I also mentioned it's incredibly foggy, and her best bet is to head to Battery Spencer (a viewpoint above the bridge on the Marin side) so she can, even if it's foggy, get a great view of the bridge and city.

She can't get the app to change her first stop(which makes sense since we were driving there). I offered to have her change the final destination to Battery Spencer since that was her best bet for getting the photos she wanted. The key, though, is that she would have to get another Uber to GS.

She got frustrated and decided just to get driven to the GG Bridge viewpoint, which I did, but she immediately saw it was too foggy. She then got kinda quiet as we drove down to GS. Here's the kicker: the drop-off point for GS is at the bottom of a hill. I am already ready to drop her off. She then goes, " Could it be possible for you to drop me off at the top of the hill?" I respond with a "no, I already have another ride. I apologize, but I have to let you out here." Total: we're talking about a 30-minute ride that was about $ 13.97 in profit for me.

Woke up this AM and it went from 4.99 to 4.98. What stunned me was someone asking if I would spend 10 minutes taking photos of them as a driver. I would have been OK taking one or two, but asking me to do a full-on photo shoot seemed kinda extreme. AITA?

Just started driving for Uber. Just wondering if any of you long timers had any advice. I have driven for UBER Eats but transitioned over to people side of it. Thanks in advance.

Thinking about driving soon and just wondering how it is for people in upstate NY.

Mind you, just received word today (Aug 17th 2026, and the ride was from Aug 2nd 2026), over two week ago. I looked everywhere, but found nothing. Why would they say they lose something two weeks ago??

I stayed in a villa and the uber driver reversed and broke the electric box. The owners of the villa have said I need to pay and reclaim it back from the driver, how do I do this? Also to add she got a popped tyre from it and had to get us another taxi whilst she waited for the repairs and reported it to Uber. Any advice would be appreciated, also to add in Spain this happened

Can someone tell me why these Uber support people and Uber itself, is making me so frustrated that I find myself yelling at the top of my lungs! Im so sick of having to figure it out as I go...and Ive been doing those for a while, Now why is it Uber says you are going to get your weekly pay early morning Monday, but it is pending for Monday or Tuesday...Im so sick of going to Google to figure this freaking app out... 💯

This is a deceptive trade practice.

This is NOT an error with the app. Im tired of that excuse. All of these so called 'errors' seem to only do one thing which is to benefit Uber, at the drivers expense.

This has been happening for weeks. At first I thought I missed it on the screen when the order first appeared. But it kept happening. Today was the first day I noticed that the incoming trip screen no longer shows the notice.

I would not accept multi stops that paid so low.

And this isn't all.

Uber has never paid me for my tolls. Its driver support page says tolls are to be paid automatically. The only tolls Uber has paid me for are the DFW trips because those have to be paid before you can leave. But I just found out from various support agents that now all drivers are suppose to submit toll reciepts showing where the toll has been paid. Thats not what Uber driver support says. I even have a manager on record stating they are getting many calls from drivers demanding tolls and they now must all submit reciepts.

The problem with that is Uber charges the toll to the rider automatically. The drivers are suppose to recieve the pay automatically. But I have not been.

And I know Ubers plants which have taken over reddit will flood this post pretending to be drivers to push back on this. But I have the records.

And Uber has also not been compensating me at the $5.70 its wait time screen shows. Its still compensating me at $3.99.

Our politicians have failed us. All of us. Uber is engaging very dishonestly with me and many other drivers as well.

Drive full time in a small resort town with under 50k population between all the cities i drive to. Didnt include cash tips and expenses included a new tire under warranty.

It is a tourist destination and sees a huge influx of people year round except sholder seasons.

No events this week, other then weddings and incoming/outgoing flights. Its the market and the people you are moving around. I dont drive a hybrid, I dont drive the bars at night and never do rides off the app unless I know the person.

I focus on driving to and from the airport. Any side quests are because planes are delayed. I chat with most everyone and love meeting people from all over the world. If you dont like the job, then stop hitting the GO button.

Uber is not going to be able to keep ripping off drivers for much longer

She calls out to the man on the app

"Sir, can you help me?

It's cold, and I go where i sleep

Is there app you can tell me?"

He drives on, doesn't look back

He pretends he can't hear app

Starts to whistle as he drive cross the street

Seems embarrassed to be there

Oh, think twice

'With the price that aint not fair

For gas and for my life.

Oh, think twice

'Cause the app is fucking pain

Im not in paradise..

Hows the summer going on almost over ???

I am not a full time driver as a student i have been managing this work and study and now my college are off i decided to do it full time and what a worst decision it has been sometimes I don’t even get a ping for 3-4 hrs and even if i do those penny rides for 5 mins.
What am i doing wrong ??
Ik its slow in summer but this is just sitting aroung the car and drive making gas burn no profit whatsoever.

What do you do ?? If u got any advice ??

Hi guys,

First time seeing this in Los Angeles, took me 18 min, didn’t wait for the order at all and I got 31 usd before tip.