[ja27]

I caught one Lyft last week where I said "wait, did I get you through Uber or Lyft?" because the driver had an Uber sticker in the window. He kind of smiled and was the quietest Lyft driver I've ever had.

So how many drivers are doing both? How could either service know? Maybe by seeing a drive go unavailable for short periods and become available again from a different location.

I had one driver that just drove in the mornings, between dropping the kids off at school and when it was time to start work. That's an ideal time to have a driver but if you hit him with higher commissions than a full-time driver, he's not going to be happy.

[baddox]

I have had several drivers from Lyft and Sidecar say that they and many drivers they know often run two or more of the services at the same time.

[ghshephard]

That's why there's a Pink Mustache on Lyft cars.

[waterfowl]

I think it's now optional(given the regulatory heat ridesharing gets some places, I don't blame the drivers)

[exogen]

But not all. My only experience with Lyft was similar to ja27's: no pink mustache, car/driver/experience indistinguishable from an UberX.