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Driving and gaining experience

Driving and gaining experience

From the course: Starting Your Career in the On-Demand Economy

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Driving and gaining experience

- Okay, so once you've made it through the application process, and you've been approved as an Uber driver, you're free to hit the road and start picking up fares. But before you do so, first make sure you're properly equipped. Since you'll be relying on the Uber driver app to receive requests and follow GPS navigation to pick up your riders and take them to their destinations, you should definitely have some kind of carrier or cradle available for your phone that you can mount in an easily visible place on your dash or windshield. You can find inexpensive mounts online like this one, which attaches to the air vent in most cars. Additionally, make sure you have the necessary cables and adapters to keep your phone charged while you're driving. You don't want your battery to die in the middle of taking a rider to their destination. So once you've got the mounting and power taken care of, you can hit the road and turn on your app. And here we can see the Uber Partner app on my phone…

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