Brudder, learning routes night and day is, in my opinion,
something you have to learn ojt. Can't be help. You are thinking of
first day jitters right? I have been driving weekend relief for 4
months now and still get first day jitters, but I just tell them I
just started driving last week and keep saying sorry. They are
usually quite nice and will say, don't worry, I will show you the
way. But of course, basic routes you have to know, including the
expressways and so on and so forth. I say daily should be able to
cover basic rental, fuel and food plus a bit more when you just
start, but with more experience, you should see your earnings go
up.
In the meantime, don't fret too much and just focus on your TVL
and come to this forum to browse old threads. It will benefit you
much. Take it easy brudder.
To be honest, I got my TVL on mid Nov 11 and start relief one
month later. Till date, me is lucky to find a hirer that let me
drive weekend full only (Either Sat or Sun or both). In my first
outing (Sat) i drove a while to pick up confidence and indeed the
jitters is there. Although my first passengers (group of 4) don't
the road (Poh Huat Road), they allow me to look at the Street
Directory first before proceed. Thus lucky.
After that pick up another 3 more and use for private purposes.
So to be honest need to be polite and humble to passengers and they
will guide you just like my remaining 2 trips.
So, to start off as a relief is to gain experience unless you
familiar with majority of road. Will be driving the coming weekend
again but hopeful have good passengers and enough to cover my
rental. Remember always ask the customer for their prefer route and
ask them to guide if possible. Take care and concentrate on your
TVLC first. Good Luck.
