Tips for a novice taxi driver. What you need to work in a taxi: necessary documents and requirements, regulations and legal aspects

During an economic downturn, many car owners are thinking about taking on a primary job or a side job of driving people. Taxi drivers made good money at all times, so this profession looks quite attractive even for owners of quite expensive cars who are out of work or dissatisfied with their earnings. Becoming a taxi driver is quite simple, in our country, for legal work in this area, it is enough to complete the simplest registration and pay a very small tax. However, a considerable part of modern taxi drivers work without registration, breaking the law, but earning more money. The choice is yours, but it is easier to register an individual entrepreneur with a special type of activity code and work officially, paying tax.

In order to become a taxi driver in Russia, it is enough to have a car, and in some cases, just a desire to work as a driver. Many drivers, even without a car, find work in taxi companies with company transport, so you don’t even have to kill your car on Russian roads. However, earnings in this case are reduced by the amount needed to maintain the car, as well as pay the company's profits. The vast majority of taxi drivers in Russia use their own vehicles to provide pickup services. Today we will consider the main subtleties of how to become a taxi driver, whether it can be really profitable, and also what ways to master this profession are in our country today. If you want a new permanent or temporary job, use the tips in the article and try yourself as a taxi driver.

Independent work in a taxi - complex formation and documents

To work in a taxi on your car on your own, it is enough to issue required documents in the tax service, as well as to obtain a license to transport passengers. Making an IP today turned out to be quite a simple matter, but remember that you will have to pay not only tax, but also make certain contributions to social funds, which in Lately turns out to be quite a big payoff. It is not difficult to obtain a license if your car is in good technical condition and ready to carry passengers. The metropolitan department of transport does not find fault with taxi cars too much, things are worse in the regions. The following steps are also required:

• applying visual signs to the car that it is a taxi in front of a potential client, and not a private car (the traffic police will also know this);
• placing information on the front panel of the car in front of the passenger's eyes indicating the fares, as well as the data of your individual entrepreneur, opened in advance;
• placement on the front panel of the driver's business cards with a photo, as well as an indication of the contact details of the Department of Transportation of your region or city;
• installation of a ceiling lamp on the roof, pasting the entire car with color-graphic indicators in the form of checkers - the officially accepted symbol of a taxi;
• regular technical inspection of the car in accordance with the rules established for private cabbies and all commercial vehicles;
• ensure normal conditions for the carriage of passengers and baggage, otherwise passengers may complain to the Department of Transportation, which will take away your license to transport.

Interestingly, today there are considerable fines for illegal work as a taxi driver. In particular, transportation without a special license will cost you 2,500 rubles, and the absence of this very license with you will cost 5,000 rubles. Also, a fine of 5,000 rubles is provided for installing taxi identification marks without obtaining permission for such actions. So it’s better not to joke with modern rules and fines by registering your activity legally. Moreover, payments to the state are still quite democratic and have not grown beyond the reasonable. However, independent work in a taxi may disappoint you with a lack of customers.

We work as a taxi driver in dispatch centers and companies

One of the optimal solutions is to join a taxi driver with a license and a prepared car to one of the dispatch services. Given the presence of your car, you can get much more money than in other situations. Dispatchers take from 10 to 30 percent for each call provided to you - it is better to look for a company with a small commission. Using a popular brand of taxi service, you do not have to look for customers. In the meantime, you can hand out your business cards and eventually recruit your own clientele without paying a commission to the dispatch company. The benefits of this work are obvious:

• you use the symbols of the dispatcher, decorate the car in a special design, that is, you are not afraid of “bombed” robberies who do not really like competition;
• you constantly receive new orders, do not sit idle and can start earning money on the first day after completing all the necessary documents;
• controllers often have large quantity orders, so you have to spend less fuel to get to the client and return to the point;
• less idle will mean more income and less car costs, so working with a dispatcher will be beneficial in many ways;
• there will be a lot of positive aspects in the fact that you will have a lot of partners who are ready to help in the most difficult situations;
• no one needs walkie-talkies today, everything happens over a mobile network or internal telephony systems with convenient and inexpensive connection options.

Given all these advantages, we can safely say that it is worth starting your career as a taxi driver with a dispatcher. So you can significantly improve the quality and productivity of your work, and also get the protectorate of a large company that is interested in your earnings, because it receives a percentage of it. Often you do not have to calculate the fare by mileage, the dispatcher himself will determine the optimal fare and report it to you or the client. Thus, you just have to take the person to the right place and take the specified amount of money. Do not forget that recently in big cities many customers give tips, which has become one of the parts of the income of taxi drivers.

How to become a taxi driver without a personal car?

V major cities today you can find a job as a taxi driver even if you don't have your own car. In this case, you will not need to draw up documents and car licenses, and in some situations, even an individual entrepreneur will not be required, since the company will register you as an employee. Other companies require registration of an IP in order to gain access to a fleet of cars. Working with large companies that have developed their own fleet is quite simple and convenient, in this case you get convenient opportunities that will help you earn quite real money:

• come to the company, show your rights and tell us about your experience in driving a car, knowledge of the city and other skills that are important for a taxi driver;
• submit documents for your registration as an employee so that the company can establish the legality of working with you and issue the necessary documents;
• some dispatchers also ask you to undergo a medical examination, which will not take you even a day of time, but will give you access to convenient cooperation opportunities;
• then you take the car from the parking lot, carefully inspecting it and writing down all the shortcomings, scratches, defects and so on with the outstanding employee;
• on this car you go on the route and follow the instructions of the company, transport people, taking into account the internal rules of the taxi service;
• you receive money or payment by card, and once in a certain period (often two weeks) you receive wages driver.

This way of working in a taxi, of course, will bring less money than working on your own car, but in this case you are provided with a comfortable, serviceable car with the necessary conditions for transporting passengers, and they also provide you with a legal basis for work. You just have to go in the right direction and receive payment for the work performed at the end of a certain period. This is a fairly simple way to become a taxi driver, which is available to anyone who wants to get this profession and increase their income or just find a job and give themselves time to look for more profitable occupation. Watch a short video about the work of a taxi driver in Moscow:

Summing up

Getting income from working in a taxi today is not as tangible as it was during the heyday of this activity. For normal income, everything must be done in a civilized and official way, so that most of the income is taken by preparatory stage and ensuring full compliance of documents and the machine itself with legal requirements. However, motorists continue to become taxi drivers if they have no other job or are very fond of driving. If driving your car all day doesn't scare you, you should consider becoming a taxi driver and enjoy endless driving.

If the steering wheel is not yours, then it will be quite difficult for you to become a taxi driver with a normal income. It is better to find another job that will require fewer hours behind the wheel. Having a car, you can get a job as a driver in some company and move along a certain route or only at the request of your manager. It is much calmer and often more profitable and easier than working in a taxi. However, the choice is always yours. And would you work in a taxi, given all the features and difficulties of this profession in our time?

You have chosen one of the most romantic, dynamic and interesting works in the world. Beautiful sunsets, sunrises. Night city, lights, faces. Morning coffee, conversations "for life". Interesting fates, stories... The job requires tact, the ability to get along with people and a neat appearance.

What determines the tip and how to increase them

People agree to part with money, just give a reason, namely, a clean car inside and out, a neat appearance driver, a pleasant smell in the cabin. Well-groomed hands. Hairstyle. Dirty hair repels. Pleasant music for people. All this is what people pay attention to.

• Wash the car once a day, the cost of washing is 290 rubles, and the result is worth 1000 rubles. There must be no foreign objects inside the machine. Extra phones, pens, little things, books, magazines - it's annoying and betrays the driver - SLUT.
• Always ask "What kind of music will we listen to?" people like to be worried about them. And + 1 to your professional piggy bank.
• Do not drive, do not catch bumps and speed bumps. The client wants to be transported as a particularly important person (except for those cases when he is late for the station / airport), but this is in your favor - the trip time increases. With a smooth set of speed and braking, gasoline consumption is reduced, which means your income increases. But do not hesitate too much, you can see it right away. You don't like being bred right in front of your eyes.
• Always check with the client the address where you are going - the route may change or the client went there before and the program will automatically supply you with the old route. It would be foolish to drive 70% of the way and then find out that we are going to a different address 30 km away in traffic jams. The fault will be yours, the time will not be paid, and you will only get an annoyed client.

Malicious methods to increase tea/money

• There is no change, this happens, but if you deliberately deceive, you know, life is like a boomerang - you will deceive here by earning 50-200 rubles, in 30 minutes your tire will burst, you will have an accident or get sick - spend this money on medicines. This is one of those situations where it pays to be honest.
• The trip was 350 rubles, and you say 400 or more. All clients receive an SMS with the final amount of the trip, the fraud will be revealed. You will receive a fine of 1000 rubles, or immediately dismissal. In addition, there is a special category of customers who know the tariffs and keep track of time - everyone counts money.

Tricks to increase tea "white method"

1. If an order, for example, is for 350 rubles, some especially experienced drivers say 365 rubles, of course, 2 extra minutes of an order at 10-15 rubles per minute are not visible to the client, but change from 365 rubles is not always expected. Moreover, you can ask apologetically, “Excuse me, will you take a change, did the previous 2 clients take everything?” + 50r can go into your piggy bank.

The main thing here is to have at least 50 rubles in change so as not to get into awkward situation. But do not overdo it, a fine of 1000 rubles can be issued to you for 40 rubles. Or you will fall for a particularly meticulous client who will "take out the brain" to everyone - both the management and you.

2. You can help carry the bag to the house, usually + 100-200r, And if you open the door when the client comes to the car +1 in your favor. There are customers who only call their drivers, who always get out of the car and open the door in front of them. The client is pleased and he is ready to pay for it.
3. Call the client by his first name if you know his name, people love to be addressed by their first name. But in essence, and not just like that!

How to increase daily revenue

• Whenever you finish the order and there are 1-2 km left and you see that you will meet exactly in 5 minutes, close the order or close it if the system allows you in advance. Add +5 minutes to complete. The operator will see that you are free and will already start picking up your order. And it often happens that you have not yet dropped off a client or are dropping off, and a new order has already arrived.
• Shut off trips to the airport 5-7 km before the drop-off point so that you can receive a new order at the airport.
• Some orders are automatically found by the ROBOT. Therefore, by releasing earlier, you increase your chance for an ORDER.

Hot clients - how to make them so

• Usually clients need time to go out, get ready. But some are already ready to leave even 20-40 minutes before the control. Do not wait this time without a call. You are losing money.
• Experienced drivers always call when they drive up 500 meters -1 km to the control address and say something like this: “Good afternoon. I'm your taxi driver, if anything - I drove up. Where is it better to stand, at the 5th entrance? The car is a Ford 913 Silver. It happens that clients are already on the street, and when they ask “we can’t see you”, they say: “700 meters left, I’m turning towards the house.” All this will allow you to slowly drive up to the entrance and save from 5 to 20 minutes of pointless waiting. But the trip time starts only from the time the client got into the car, or 10 minutes after the appointed control time.
• Never wait for a client for more than 20 minutes, call him back, maybe he has already left / got into another car. Check with the operator whether a regular client can be trusted, and wait another 20-30 minutes. Further, depending on the situation, but in 80% of cases, the client does not leave after waiting 40 minutes. Take care of your time.
• Arriving at the place, always fill in the new address in the navigator and study the road in order to understand how to go. If you see that it is not long to go 3-8 km and a night, and the minimum wage you have is 350 rubles / 30 minutes, for example, try to complete the order as quickly as possible. But without hitting customers with their heads on the door trim!)) Experienced drivers manage to complete 3 orders in 1 hour!

The basic rule of a taxi driver: You either go with a client or go to a client, you should not have other options.

Customer Fraud

Very often, people from places not so remote order a taxi and their main goal is to cheat the driver for money. Usually this is a serious, respectful voice, asks to wait, pays for everything - does not offend. Then he asks to buy flowers, champagne - anything. And at the end he asks to put money on the phone 500r-2000r will come and give everything. And more on top of 1000r will give.

Never pay. Say no money, just refueled - thus you will close all questions at once. Your best friend is the operator. There are problems, consult him, but do not follow him blindly.

Client off hand? Take!

If you have been assigned an order and you see a person from your hand, it is better to find out where he is going, if not far, take BUT! Check on the navigator where, some customers with HANDS LIE, that it’s not far, and for 100 rubles to go 8-15 km - this is stupid, especially since you have an order.

Always remember the control time of the order. And if you are late, call and insure yourself, for example, “Good afternoon, this is your driver, I am not far from 3-5 km away. I was delayed by previous customers for 5-10 minutes, please wait. I'll pick up as I go"

Do not take it from your hand in the DAY if you are not sure that you can make it to order. At night, always look where to go with your hands! Maybe in the same place as your client. The best drivers managed to complete 2 orders from hand before the control time of the taken order.

Problems with the police if there is no license

• You are stopped by the police - tell the client right away that the license is being processed, and, if anything, let him say that he is an employee from work / brother, give him a lift or something. Clients will be happy to help if you have not been rude to them before.
• Say that you rent a car, they have a license, but everything lies with the company, at night the traffic police may let you through.

We are sure that everything will work out for you. We will help you. Your MosGorTaxi.

What you need to work in a taxi in the dispatch service + features of work + how much you can earn. What you need to work in a taxi on your car: documents, equipment, license + approximate earnings + pros and cons of working as a taxi driver.

Each of us at least once thought about how to find a way to earn extra money. One of the best options, in particular, for men - it's a taxi job. There is always demand in this area, regardless of the season or day of the week.

What do you need to work in a taxi? First, decide for yourself: do you want to work on your own car or get a job with a carrier company?

We will discuss all the nuances of both options below.

Work as a taxi driver in the dispatch service

You decided to try your hand and get a job as a cab driver in a dispatch company.

In this case, the presence of your car does not play a role. Many firms have a sufficient number of cars in the taxi fleet, so they only need experienced drivers.

Before you get a job, you must pass an interview.

To become a driver, you must meet the following criteria:

1. Age from 25 years;
2. Driving experience of at least 5 years;
3. Knowledge of the city;
4. Driver experience and letters of recommendation from a previous place of employment (not necessary, but desirable);
5. No accidents;
6. There should be no convictions, even suspended ones;
7. A certificate from a narcologist stating that a person has no problems with drugs and alcohol;
8. A certificate from a psychiatrist that the candidate for the position is not registered with a doctor.
9. The ability to use the navigator will be a big plus, but even if you don’t have such knowledge, you can quickly learn this.

These requirements may vary from company to company. For example, for some services it does not matter how old the driver is, while others strictly comply with this paragraph.

Reputable taxi companies in Moscow require knowledge from drivers, because foreigners often come to the capital.

If you have your own car, then you need to have a license for the transportation of passengers (we will tell you below how to get it), a state inspection of a car and a passed medical commission.

Features of the working day on a rented taxi

Working on a rented taxi has its own nuances that are not suitable for everyone.

How is the working day of a taxi driver without his car:

1. The driver comes to the parking lot and takes his work car. It is necessary to check the technical condition of the machine before the flight. If you see defects, then immediately inform the employee who issues a taxi from the parking lot.
2. If everything is in order, you take a car and deliver customers strictly according to the instructions of the company's dispatchers. About where to go, you will be informed by phone.

All the money earned during the day you give to the company. Salaries are given to taxi drivers 1-2 times a month. How much exactly you earn will depend on the number of working days and revenue if you work from a percentage.

Some dispatch services pay employees only a rate. Which way is better, each taxi driver decides for himself individually.

How much can you earn on a rented car?

Now specifically about the numbers. If the taxi driver does not work on his car, then for rent vehicle will have to pay a percentage of the company.

From one call, the cab driver receives only 20%. The rest of the money is spent on gasoline and salaries for dispatchers.

If you work on your own car, then the dispatcher needs to pay up to 25% for 1 call, a certain amount will go to gasoline, and the rest will be transferred to the driver’s salary.

Sometimes carrier companies hire drivers. If you work according to the schedule 6/1 for 12 hours a day, then the salary will be approximately 35-50,000 rubles per month.

You don’t need much to work as a taxi driver in the dispatch service, but it will be difficult to make good money. But you will be provided with a serviceable car, for the repair and fuel of which only the company will be responsible.

Also, there will be no need to waste time looking for clients, other people do this. It is only necessary to deliver the client to the right address as quickly and comfortably as possible.

What do you need to work in a taxi on your car?

It will be much more difficult to work in a taxi in your car. You will have to go through many stages related to the registration of an individual entrepreneur and the issuance of a license for the right to transport people.

What exactly do you need to work in a taxi? We will tell about everything in order.

No. 1. Automobile

In the first place is the presence of a vehicle.

To become a successful driver, the car must be in good working order and ready for a 24-hour load. A good driver should regularly take the car for inspection.

It is advisable to have a foreign car for work as a taxi driver, and not a domestic VAZ model.

Besides specifications high level, it is necessary to equip the car with additional devices:

1. Car needs to be repainted yellow or purchase a "checker";
2. According to GOST, a cab driver needs to buy a taximeter of any brand;
3. According to the new rules, each car must have a GPS navigator and a DVR.

No. 2. IP registration

To manage any entrepreneurial activity must be received from tax office confirmation of registration of an individual entrepreneur (IP).

With this document, anyone can engage in small business and transfer taxes to the state budget.

If you want to expand by creating your own transportation company, then no further paperwork is required. It is only necessary to register your employees and pay a regular state duty for them.

Step-by-step instructions for working in a taxi:

1. The first step is to contact the tax office at the place of business registration. You must take a copy and original of the passport of a citizen of the Russian Federation with you;
2. In the office of the tax inspector, follow the model, fill out an application for obtaining the status of an individual entrepreneur;
3. After that, you will be given a receipt on which you need to pay the state fee at Sberbank. The price for each region is individual. After payment, the receipt must be given to the inspector who deals with the registration of the IP for you;
4. Within 5 days you will receive the status of an individual entrepreneur and will be able to safely start working in a taxi.

Also in the tax office you will be given the following supporting documents:

• certificate of registration of an individual as an individual entrepreneur;
• extract from the Unified Register individual entrepreneurs and legal entities Russian Federation;
• notification that the individual is registered with the tax office at the place of registration of the individual entrepreneur.

The last step is to open accounts for business cash transactions in any bank.

It is advisable to order a print, but this condition is considered optional.

After this procedure, you should check with your inspector when and how much you will have to transfer to the state budget.

According to the law, it is necessary to pay a single tax, make transfers to a pension fund, and also pay a transport tax.

No. 3. Registration of a license

Every taxi driver, even if he works for a company, must have a license from the Ministry of Transport. This document certifies that a person has the right to transport people.

Sometimes even the client may require a license. Employees of the traffic police for the lack of a taxi worker license can issue a fine of 5,000 rubles.

For, you need to prepare the following documents:

1. Submit an application for a permit;
2. Make a copy of the passport;
3. Provide a copy of the vehicle registration certificate;
4. If the car is not owned by the applicant, a copy of the rental agreement or power of attorney must be provided;
5. Present a document confirming that the vehicle has passed the state technical inspection.

With all this list of documents, you must contact executive agency Ministry of Transport at the place of residence.

The license for the carriage of passengers is valid for 5 years.

Not everyone can count on obtaining a taxi work permit.

You will not receive a document if:

1. Driving experience less than 5 years;
2. The car for which they are asked to issue a license is not the property of the applicant, and he does not have a lease agreement with the real owner of the car;
3. The vehicle has not passed the state technical inspection.

How much can you earn with your car?

The most important question for many is how much can you earn as a taxi driver with your car?

There are no specific figures, because the amount of earnings depends on the following points:

1. What tariff did the driver choose for himself;
2. How many hours did he work;
3. Where does he wait for his clients;
4. What route did the taxi driver take (experienced drivers know all the roads of the city, which can be taken as short as possible, and thereby save on fuel), etc.

The standard taxi fare for Moscow is 250-500 rubles per 1 kilometer.

The most tasty places for drivers are the metro, train stations and airports. At night, many taxi drivers stand near nightclubs.

May be in bad weather or holidays.

To make good money, you need to serve 10-15 people a day. If you calculate the cost of gasoline and car maintenance, then in a month you can earn an average of 50,000 rubles.

Here, the income directly depends on the work schedule and the parking lot of the taxi worker.

To increase your customer base, make bright business cards and distribute to all passengers.

What you need to know about working in a taxi: all the pros and cons

We have already found out what is needed to work in a taxi, now we will figure out what the pros and cons of the work of drivers are:

pros	Minuses
1. If you work for yourself, then you receive a salary immediately after completing the order.	1. Working in the dispatching service, you need to wait 2-4 weeks for a salary.
2. In order for the profit from working in a taxi to be significant, you need to work at rush hour: at night, in bad weather, on weekends and on holidays.	2. Hired drivers give most of their income to the company for car rental and the work of dispatchers who redirect customer orders to taxi drivers.
3. Working as a taxi driver is also needed in order to be able to study better city and improve your driving skills.	3. Clients will not always be friendly. You need to be prepared for scandals or dissatisfaction of passengers.
4. You choose the work schedule for yourself. You can work as a taxi driver in free time while having another permanent job.	4. Taxi drivers are often attacked by thieves. To protect yourself, do not carry large amounts, dump all the money on the card. Leave a few small bills so that there is something to give change. You can keep a gas canister, a shocker or a traumatic pistol with you.
	5. Due to bad roads, a lot of money and time is spent on repairing taxis.
	6. Taxi workers have health problems: eyesight goes down, back problems begin, constant fatigue, indigestion, etc.

What is the schedule of a taxi driver and how much can you earn?

A professional tells about the features of the profession:

Working as a taxi driver is difficult, but with the right approach, it is possible to earn a good living and even start your own business.

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Working in the field of private transportation in a car, whether it be your own or a company car, can bring not quite a bad income. After all, this source of income is not simple, it has been popular among the population for over 100 years, and many experienced taxi drivers, accumulating certain skills and abilities over the years, are able to earn much more than many entrepreneurs.

Competition in the individual market transportation, today it is very large, and therefore prices and the level of quality of services are constantly pushing novice drivers. In turn, newcomers, coming into the taxi industry, make a number of major mistakes, after which they receive disappointment and losses. But as you know, there is no recession without recovery ...

Mistakes of novice taxi drivers

1. Try to take on as many orders as possible, in the hope and impulse of thirst, to earn more. Haste is useless here, on the contrary, it will even worsen your situation. We have all seen taxi cars many times, with traces of large and minor accidents. They happen, just precisely because of the haste of drivers trying to earn "all the money". It is also worth noting that the driving style of such drivers is extremely uncomfortable, and, accordingly, the client’s desire to leave you a tip will be negligible.

2. Take orders that are far from you. It is very important to monitor and constantly calculate transport costs, beginners in this business usually believe that plus or minus a couple of kilometers will not empty their wallet. In practice, this is absolutely not the case. It's no secret that the average taxi driver makes about 300-400 trips per month, for every couple of extra kilometers he will pay about 5-6 rubles from his pocket, and a month it's about 1.5-3 thousand rubles.

3. Rudeness and rude communication with the client. As in any service sector, a taxi driver has to constantly communicate with customers, and as you know, all people are different, both in character and in mood. Having received a portion of negative communication, the taxi driver starts to "pull" on all subsequent passengers after this flight, and those, in turn, without implying anything, perceive him as a boor and a rude person who only deserves a written complaint addressed to him. Conclusion on the face: train the psyche, be polite and restrained.

Experienced taxi drivers shared their secrets with us

1. Cleanliness and comfort.

Try to put yourself in the place of a taxi passenger, if you get into a clean and tidy car, with a good smell in the cabin and pleasant, non-irritating music, you will have a desire to thank this driver. The situation is the opposite, when you get your clothes dirty when you get into the car, sit in dirty seats with dusty rugs, and in addition to everything, the cabin smells strongly of tobacco smoke. Such a driver clearly does not deserve encouragement.

2. Driving style.

Have you ever paid attention to why “experienced” taxi drivers drive very smoothly, without sharp accelerations and extreme braking. Everything is quite simple, the first side of the coin lies in fuel economy and careful operation of the machine. By saving costs, you can earn significantly more in a taxi. Here the rule is "what you save is what you earn", the main thing is not to overdo it ...

The other side of the coin lies in comfort and safety. Most taxi passengers prefer a calm and moderately adequate speed limit, exceptions can only be in cases where the client is late and asks to be faster. But even here you should be careful and adhere to traffic rules, in order to avoid subsequent fines.

3. Time of day and days of the week.

A taxi driver with good experience does not turn the steering wheel for 24 hours. He is like a good fisherman, biding his time and goes on shift to skim the cream when the bite begins. Experienced taxi drivers highlight some of the fattest periods of time, When is the best time to tax:

On weekdays, early in the morning, when people go to work, study, etc. There are always more orders at this time than cars in the whole city, which means there is enough bread for everyone. The main thing is to choose a more convenient and monetary order.

On weekdays in the evening, the same customers as in the morning, only come back. The number of orders at this time increases significantly, but traffic jams are not uncommon, so think over the route in advance.

Evening-night from Friday to Saturday. At this time, all the usual "hard workers" go out for a well-deserved day off and rest, people walk, have fun and, as a rule, take a taxi, and sometimes quite generously.

Monday is better to work more. After a successful weekend, the beginning of the working week is not easy for everyone, many refuse to travel by private car, someone has not recovered from the effects of alcohol, etc., most people are late for work and orders are an order of magnitude larger than on other working days.

When it is not profitable to taxi

- At noon and lunch.

Based on practice, from 11 am to 4 pm on weekdays, in all urban passenger traffic, there is a decline in the flow of people. Judge for yourself, pupils and students are in the classroom, workers are working, children are in kindergartens. There remains only one category of people who are not busy at this time - these are pensioners. They really travel most of all at this time by taxi, and their income is stable, but not great. Elderly people, among other things, should be treated with patience and respect. Due to the state of health and age, they can scratch the thresholds or stain the interior without noticing it.

- Tuesday, a well-deserved day off.

There may be several reasons for explaining this phenomenon, but we will not guess and analyze them. The fact remains that on Tuesday there are the least orders in a taxi, and experienced "bombs" with experience, on this day make themselves a full-fledged day off.

4. Weather conditions.

Changes in air temperature, the presence of precipitation or wind, all this strongly affects the demand of people in the field of passenger transportation.

For example as soon as it starts to rain heavily with a thunderstorm, most people walking along the street immediately run to the bus stop or call a taxi. In a heavy wet snowfall, few people have a desire to walk around the city with wet shoes, hence the increased demand for carrier services. Direct opposite of this factor, a sharp warming in the middle of autumn, when people have lost the habit of sun rays, and they suddenly get a bright day, then immediately everyone wants to take a walk in the park and get some fresh air.

5. Knowledge of the city.

A good and thorough knowledge of city roads does not come immediately, for this you need to ride in a taxi, more than one thousand kilometers. Drivers with experience use the navigator only for a small hint and route correction, or they can do without it at all. It is this knowledge that allows you to manage your working time much more efficiently and, as a rule, increase income.

For professionals, it is postponed in the head, at what time and in what area, congestion and traffic jams can occur, because each highway during traffic jams, as a rule, costs only in one direction. All these subtleties allow experienced drivers to be head and shoulders above beginners. During the time when novice taxi driver gets stuck in a traffic jam and stays there for 2 hours without earning anything, the pro will make 5-7 orders and earn his “bread and butter”.

6. Distribution of business cards.

Working through a dispatcher or a taxi ordering service, many drivers gradually begin to take customers away for themselves. To do this, they distribute business cards to their customers. Nevertheless, if the driver liked it, many passengers often ask them anyway.

Face result:- the advertisement is engine of the trade. The more regular "your" clients you have, the more stable your financial component will be. And oddly enough, many people ride a taxi with the same driver for decades. With a couple of dozen such clients, you can be confident in the future.

7. Quality of orders.

There is a rule known to almost all entrepreneurs, which is efficiency. It sounds something like this: - 20% of all customers bring you about 80% of all your income. In simple terms, 80% of your orders are those customers who will squeeze all the juice out of you and bring only 20% of the income, otherwise the minority, the elite that is included in the other 20%, these are the people who will make you a big profit, good tips and will not create discomfort.

So, for example, carrying one wealthy person in the car, you do not strain the car, the fuel consumption of the engine is moderate, the interior does not get dirty, etc. The opposite will be such an order - let's say a company of 4 tipsy people working at a construction site go to a hostel, they will stain your seats and rugs, pay you more than the established rate, and in general they will go by four in a taxi. it is cheaper for them than by bus. In the second case, your costs will be significantly higher than in the first, and the base price of both trips may be the same. Experienced taxi drivers have an eye for such orders and they try to refuse such orders.

Is it worth it to work intercity and suburban

TO separate category You can include orders in a taxi for intercity. The cost of the trip is calculated from the "wholesale" tariff, which is not always beneficial for the taxi driver, because. does not fully beat off the road empty. The main secrets here, of course, lie in how to find a passenger in reverse side. Now, in the age of the Internet and other information resources, this has become much easier to do, but those who have learned to look for fellow travelers without it will cope with this task much easier.

What methods of fellow travelers do taxi drivers use:

Internet sites for finding fellow travelers, as well as delivering documents and small loads.

Search for passengers at the bus station. They place a sign on their car indicating the city and price, as a rule, many agree on the cheap.

Picking up "rooks" on the track when going in the opposite direction.

When is the best time to commute

The most optimal time for taxation on long-distance and long-distance suburban directions is considered to be the middle of spring and before the beginning of autumn. During this period begins active phase holidays and vacations, and there are fewer taxi drivers on the line. As everyone knows, direct railways Trains and buses do not run everywhere, and this is where a taxi comes to the rescue. It is generally accepted that it is in the summer, along the intercity, that it is easiest to catch passengers back.

Taxi Driver Safety Practices

The profession of a taxi driver is not the safest among others, and cases of attacks and conflicts with passengers are a very common occurrence. In order to increase the level of their own safety, inveterate taxi drivers use several rules.

1. Keep in touch with colleagues and use the panic button.

2. With drunken customers, you need to be very careful. If you have 3-4 drunk passengers in your car, then in case of obvious conflicts they have more advantages than you, and it would be a reasonable decision to wait for help without causing aggression.

3. Many taxi drivers do not wear their seat belts. Rules traffic it is forbidden to drive without wearing a seat belt, but some taxi drivers often ignore this rule in order to quickly leave the car in an emergency.

4. Carry a can of pepper spray with you. One of the most effective and mobile means of personal self-defense, which can not only save you from criminals, but also help to detain them.

5. Avoid the time of day with the most aggressive passengers. As a rule, this is late in the evening and at night, especially on weekends.

If you follow all the above recommendations, personal patience and diligence, there is a high probability that you can actually earn good money in a taxi and it will become much easier and more pleasant for you. After all, apart from negative emotions, this profession gives much more positive, from communicating with nice people on different topics, traveling to different cities and at the same time making good money.