“As a new Lyft driver, you actually have to meet with a mentor, so that’s another, more experienced driver, and they’ll walk you through the ropes, do a spot check on your car, make sure that you’d basically be a good Lyft driver, and take you on a quick test drive around the block.” For Uber there is no such procedure for bringing new drivers on board. “It’s all done over email communications, so you can imagine that a lot of new Uber drivers really feel like they’re out there on their own. They have no interaction with other drivers, they have no interaction with passengers, they have no
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