[kewldude231]

Hi all!

Iam a new Lyft driver in Cincinnati and I forgot the phone number to my mentor. but I can ask here, he said something about me being able to set my maxium pickup radius and I cant find this anywhere. I find some rides coming thru that are 27+ mins away, that I simply will not take. I stay within the 15-20 minit range. and now Iam getting msgs saying iam missing too many rides. so how do I set my pickup radius so I dont get these far away riders. Anyway after a few rides, I love the tips. Thanks and happy ridesharing

M.

 

[nononsense]

Hi all!

Iam a new Lyft driver in Cincinnati and I forgot the phone number to my mentor. but I can ask here, he said something about me being able to set my maxium pickup radius and I cant find this anywhere. I find some rides coming thru that are 27+ mins away, that I simply will not take. I stay within the 15-20 minit range. and now Iam getting msgs saying iam missing too many rides. so how do I set my pickup radius so I dont get these far away riders. Anyway after a few rides, I love the tips. Thanks and happy ridesharing

M.

You simply can't. Search through the forums you will see its a common complaint among Lyft drivers about long pick up times. You will quickly learn what drivers before you did that it is mathematically impossible to make profit picking up 10+ minute pings at $1 or less per mile.
Yes there will be stories how it worked out nicely this one time, but it is not profitable 9 times out of 10.

 

[elelegido]

On Android it's easy.
Go to Settings>Apps
Scroll down to the Lyft app and tap on it.
Tap on "Force Stop". Job done!

 

[Anonymous278]

Hi all!

Iam a new Lyft driver in Cincinnati and I forgot the phone number to my mentor. but I can ask here, he said something about me being able to set my maxium pickup radius and I cant find this anywhere. I find some rides coming thru that are 27+ mins away, that I simply will not take. I stay within the 15-20 minit range. and now Iam getting msgs saying iam missing too many rides. so how do I set my pickup radius so I dont get these far away riders. Anyway after a few rides, I love the tips. Thanks and happy ridesharing

M.

If you want to avoid getting a low acceptance rating accept the pick up and just don't go... it might take a few minutes, but the passenger almost always cancels.

 

[Jagent]

My acceptance rate on Lyft is 11%. At this point, I really don't care if they deactivate me. The app is useless. Every ping in Cincinnati is 20+ minutes. 90% of the time, they are located in the hood and 2 mile rides.

 

[OPTIONCB]

The only other option is using a "destination filter" to get rides in the general direction you want to go...