[caliboy84]

So I have a neighbor who goes to doctor appointments, dentist etc she uses select every time but before she makes the request she tells me to sign on so it can find me and almost 90% of the time it finds another select driver nearly 15 minutes away or it will tell her on the app all select drivers are busy at the moment when I'm literally up the street from her, any ideas what could be preventing her from finding me?? I always have a 85% acceptance rate or higher so not sure what it could be

 

[TheDevilisaParttimer]

So I have a neighbor who goes to doctor appointments, dentist etc she uses select every time but before she makes the request she tells me to sign on so it can find me and almost 90% of the time it finds another select driver nearly 15 minutes away or it will tell her on the app all select drivers are busy at the moment when I'm literally up the street from her, any ideas what could be preventing her from finding me?? I always have a 85% acceptance rate or higher so not sure what it could be

Set up private rides with her and be done with it. She saves money with her favorite driver, you make more money with easy and guaranteed pax.

 

[caliboy84]

Actually yes that's what we do I'll give her the amount of what uber usually charges her except I keep the 20% also and she venmos me, just curious if fuber has any kinda control over pax getting specific drivers or not

 

[mbd]

algo detects something funny is going on with you and her. That is why somebody else getting the ping.
if nobody in the vicinity, you will get the ping

 

[Seamus]

So I have a neighbor who goes to doctor appointments, dentist etc she uses select every time but before she makes the request she tells me to sign on so it can find me and almost 90% of the time it finds another select driver nearly 15 minutes away or it will tell her on the app all select drivers are busy at the moment when I'm literally up the street from her, any ideas what could be preventing her from finding me?? I always have a 85% acceptance rate or higher so not sure what it could be

This is common that drivers too close to requests or too many repeats with the same pax will be blocked from each other in the AI. Several years ago someone who claimed to work for Uber IT said this was done for 2 reasons.
1- To prevent street hails which are illegal and a sensitive issue at the beginning of rideshare.
2- To prevent the driver and pax from becoming too familiar with each other and start arranging private rides.

 

[rideshareapphero]

I guess this is not available in all markets?

 

[Seattle_my_beloved]

Blame the Uber Algorithm. When I started driving for Uber, their algorithm was very simple. One of my passengers even sent a request from the back seat of my car and it came to me. Not anymore. Their algorithm is very sophisticated now. There are alot of IF's that the request has to go through to come to you. Either give her a ride and accept money through venmo, or if insurance is a big deal to you and you want to be protected in case of an accident, then switch to Lyft. Lyft Algorithm still allows the closest driver get the request. Atleast Lyft allowed me to do that last couple of times. So you should experiment with Lyft and see how it goes. OR drive a couple of miles a way from your friend's house and then ask her to request an Uber. Keep experimenting. Good luck!

This is common that drivers too close to requests or too many repeats with the same pax will be blocked from each other in the AI. Several years ago someone who claimed to work for Uber IT said this was done for 2 reasons.
1- To prevent street hails which are illegal and a sensitive issue at the beginning of rideshare.
2- To prevent the driver and pax from becoming too familiar with each other and start arranging private rides.

3. To prevent the drivers from picking up themselves. Some drivers would take themselves home for the last trip of the quest ? I remember when their Algo was so simple. John requesting UberX from the front seat of an Uber car driven by John, that was perfectly fine with Uber Algo ???

 

[Nonya busy]

Actually yes that's what we do I'll give her the amount of what uber usually charges her except I keep the 20% also and she venmos me, just curious if fuber has any kinda control over pax getting specific drivers or not

Your being cheap. Give her what you pay uber.

 

[caliboy84]

How am I being cheap she knows how much shes paying and she says shed rather me get it then uber so who's cheap?

 

[Nonya busy]

How am I being cheap she knows how much shes paying and she says shed rather me get it then uber so who's cheap?

Because your shorting her uber's cut. If you get your own private driver it will cost more. If you like her pay her.

 

[steveK2016]

Hope that doctors appointment isnt insurance related, means she's got a history... gonna cost ya if something goes wrong...