I'm starting my own online business but it will take some time to generate stable income.

I plan to allocate 2-3 hours every day to earn supporting income. Thinking of signing up to be a Uber driver, but will it be dangerous for females to drive around KL? How much is the average hourly earning?

not really safe i guess...but even walking on street is not safe,so...its really up to you want to do it or not...

among all 3 method - taxi, grabcar, and uber

uber is the safest for female drivers

1. uber accept credit card only, so it leaves a record of the customer if anything happened.

2. it also means most uber customers are probably have decent income and civilized, the chance to get rape also reduce (but I'm not saying rapist will not coming from someone who have income and educated)

3. customers can't select uber drivers, so basically nobody using it to target female drivers

From what i read about uber, i can assume it is pretty safe

No cash, route mark by gps, passenger need to key in their details(CC) any assault you can asked uber about their details no?

Maybe if you really go for it, you can equip yourself with pepper spray, better make it visible to the passeger so they know you are not an easy target, and those personal alarm key chain, high decible one....

And maybe you can request the passanger not to sit directly behind you, so you can observe your passenger behaviour...

I think should be safe
I met some female drivers before, I think both of us feel safer..haha

i am a uber driver. i had group of driver that consist of young /old women driver also. pm me if u really interested to join uber . some of them doing part time..some full time.

is it safe for the passenger

Yup, just in case, prepare all sorts of weapons, knives, pepper spray, and be alert all the time.

never used uber, or similar taxi service.

but scenarios that could happen i can think of for the moments

- very lucrative, esp to hamsaps, as female taxi driver is a new thing ( might even gets fire from religious authority, oh well )
- you could be targeted if your passenger knows your details beforehand

that being said, you could venture into this, but just bring a pepper spray or a dagger somewhere in there.

Not a new thing.. already there are female drivers for Uber. And I have encounter a few during my time using Grabcar as well.

depends area la, my area around old klang road alot of wimmen driver, i sat a few, tel u i almost shit myself wif their driving

I feel it's pretty safe. I use uber daily as a rider and I've had male/female drivers of varying ages.

The only thing I would do is maybe get another phone line just for uber. You don't want your personal number out there.

i know female uber driver doing morning and early evening shift. so far so good. but safe or not i dunno. i wouldnt recommend doing night shifts at least

Note that the rider will know your details eg Name, Car Type, Car No Plate, Phone Number, Face.

With these details it is very easy to stalk you. There may br some consequences to it.

In any case, do install a dashcam for better personal safety.

this is true, the number will be made known to the requester.

register another line just for use of uber.

i have met some uber drivers which ask me to call them on their phone number instead of using uber to order new drivers the next time.

so they don't charge using uber device but still use similar program to calculate the route price.

the driver was very friendly so i just ok la, i call him and he come fetch me and i paid him in cash.

he also need money and uber tax some of your earnings, this way can count i am tipping him?

I ride Uber/Grab everyday, been with few female driver on Uber.

If my sister would want to drive Uber, my advice would be...daytime is ok I guess, I wouldn't recommend nighttime

Should be safe, drive during morning, start trip from 6am untill 9am, average u. Can earn per/hour with one trip RM30 with uber GH, maintain from monday till friday with 3hour u can earn weekly 450

The Driver I took in Tokyo and Taipei are Female.

Taipei one is BMW, doing online business and once in a while do uber for 3-4 hours a day for straight 2-3 days if she's around Songshan or Zhongzheng.

Tokyo only have uber black back in the days, have lots of credit and tried once..
Black Limousine, female drive. Quite an experience because I ask to drop in-front of Shibuya's Tower Record, all the passer-by thought famous people or what.

It is not safe to be a female

I have some additional info on your comment.

Uber Guarantee hourly rate RM30 only applicable for uber partner who meet the tier 1 incentive
To achieve tier 1 GH,
1) Required RM500 gross fare per week
2) 100% trips acceptance during these hour
3) Complete minimum 1 trip per hour
4) Maintain weekly rating 4.3 above
5) Being online in core service area


Assume TS follow the advise to aim for GH from 6am to 9 am (Monday to Sunday)
She may need to earn RM71.42 in 3 hours per day. The suggestion is possible but not practical.

Tbh nothing's really safe in Malaysia. Always be on guard and if the passenger looks fishy then try your best to stay safe and drive at areas with high vehicle density.

There is always risk involved in everything so what you can possibly do is to minimize it, perhaps you can start off by driving morning/afternoon shift? Try to avoid night or late night trips..

If u are beautiful girl ,u are not safe.
if u are fatty ugly ,is vary safe

I wish this girl be my driver ,she will very safe with me


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If get caught by taximan, u will cry....

you pretend become male. hide your boobs. dont wear makeup.hide your long hair.

Sounds familiar. Inspired by some Korean dramas?

This post has been edited by Cadence110: Apr 15 2016, 03:10 AM

I've decided not to do this. Gonna just find another source of extra income that I don't have to be paranoid and hold on to daggers and pepper sprays all the time.

Thanks everyone for the suggestions

I think better dont, as you only have 2-3 hours a day, dont think u able to earn

second, taxi driver act like gangster in malaysia, u sure u can handle?

I agreed with you, but in order to use Grab also , customer need to validate their cc/dc before one can order the service

CapriKey, these days those scums rogue taxi drivers are more targeting on Grab drivers

so good luck

can choose to become a male?

Kinda hard to fake it unless you take tips from pengkids.

im in safe hands too with her as driver ..

This!

better don't try. easier to become peoples target no matter taxi driver or passenger since weaker

If you look beautiful expect to hear Gurl, youre beautiful Alot!! This people just dont stop telling it

since banks already convert atm cards into debit cards, basically any one can use.

foreigner also can open bank acc and get dc card.

no wonder grab car banned in kelantan....

uber also accept cash now lah.

Just be prepared. Like pepper spray and defense stick and so on. Negros are especially shitty. I am not being racist but all grab/uber drivers complain to me negros and some middle-easterners are the worst customers. Negros will ask you to be his "girlfriend".

But I guess you just need to learn how to defend yourself like in any other situatlion.

Hahahaha damn fah neee

HAHAHAHAHAHA
I can almost certainly relate my problems to OP.
As a female Grab driver I've always felt there aren't much options for us to choose from when it comes to making side income. Even doing this Grab thingy part-time my bf doesn't allow me to drive at night

Ask your bf to drive? Female not suitable to drive

Haha cool😄😄👍👍

Whatever we do now also dangerous, try to drive on daytime and prepare items that can protect yourself incase of emergency

Like pepper spray?😅😅

This post has been edited by skylinelover: Sep 26 2017, 08:12 PM

Yes LOL, you never know when you might need it

actually i can say in uber about 75% of customers are female..men mostly have their own transport .. only sissy guys , male students are who supported by parents and foreign males take uber mostly

Haha yesterday i sat on indian auntie grab almera at 10am

Very nice lady so i tipped her extra as deepavali angpow😄😄😄👍👍👍

for me,
1. i dont want rider to sit in front especially foreigner.
2. last time i letak sometg like kerambit, sebelah pintu driver
3. my experience : one nepal asking price for one night ! shit lo !! damn ! so i terus berhenti tepi jalan and suruh dia turun.
4. also got one rider act like diva! but the fare only rm5, haaaaiiihhh
5. my area at usj / subang / damansara, i avoid to go to puchong, busy area and membazir also sometimes.

why not safe for women to drive Uber ler? Have to drive smart lor..

Imho being a female ain't safe already let alone a female driver

female driver , higher risk than guy

Female i recommend 8am-8pm hours😃😃🙄🙄

Is Uber or Grab better then for female driver? Contemplating to do part time, only weekends morn & afternoon only...

both same xcep.....

Ooo ic...thx for d info Sounds like Grab more convenient. Passenger wise, any difference? Will Uber has more so-called up market riders still since their charges are more expensive than Grab technically...

Covered all including banglas and nepalis😄😄😅😅

😅😅

[quote=skylinelover,Oct 25 2017, 08:12 AM]
Covered all including banglas and nepalis😄😄😅😅

Im not teying to demotivate any girl to be driver..but some.of the passenger really give bad vibe when they inside the car, especially those bangla,nepal,myanmar..

Uber

Be ready 2 go pick up 20km😂😂Just FYI🙄🙄

I'm not that silly to go pick-up 20km.....ignore je larr

Uber dont allow ignoring trip wey😂😂😂😂

Don't be silly, where got 20km pick up wan. I have never encountered such incident till now.

Haha ok

Heard from some other uber kaki b4

Highest pick up I had was 16.8km. U say leh?

usually rider will cancel if take too long to pick up

U want also cannot

This post has been edited by bcombat: Nov 4 2017, 10:58 AM

Why not. Just make sure u dont make midnight trip.

- avoid night trip
- Only focus on city / familiar area
- prepare lots of 'cctv' in your car
- Expect the unexpected. Even the male driver always harass pretty lady passenger. You should expect the same if you are the driver

Condolences bro. Longest also 6+ km for me

who said so? This is not Grab, k.

I do NOT recommend it for Malaysia. Remember you HAVE to take the passenger to ANY destination even if you start from KL.

1. Yes, possible.
2. You have to take the passenger where he wants to go so not possible.
3. CCTV is not going to help if the passenger wants to get nasty.
4. How will this help? You are already in the same car with a passenger who may turn out to be a robber/rapist.

In general I think female Uber drivers should be fine if they don't operate at night and provided they are not too pretty. Prepare a pepper spray within easy reach in case of any trouble. If you see a group of Bangla want to get in, lock your doors, cancel the trip and go.

https://www.msn.com/en-my/news/national/pen...ocid=spartandhp

and it just happened

I guess to be safe, wear loose clothes, full face mask, wear sunglasses n get ready parang, pepper spray n a baton just in case

Very good idea😄😄😄👍👍👍