Have now experienced this three times out of four Lyft rides. Driver posts a sign that says they don't speak english and to text them; or uses some Translator program to communicate. Makes me uncomfortable, and not sure if it is allowed per their policy. Is there a way to request an english speaker, who I know understands road signs?

Just watch out if they try to gas up while you're on the ride, they may try to keep the engine running

No requirement they speak English. If they seem to understand road signs, my guess is they speak it, they just don't want to talk to passengers. It could be a case where they're 'renting' the account from a legitimate driver, so they may be an illegal unable to obtain an account on their own. Check the face on the account and the driver, if they don't look alike, you may have a 'renter'.

You can always just choose an American among potential drivers.

You would prefer them to braille English?

1. Understand left lane means faster
2. Don't chat with me
3. Are not robots, which should be outlawed in Texas and continued testing in California

Uber driver who can't talk to me? Sounds like a dream. Nothing worse than getting in a uber and having the driver start trying to chat me up.

Shut up and drive, loser.

DoorDash is even worse. They go to the wrong office all the time and then you can't communicate how to find you or where to go

Why is anyone surprised?

We are now a Third World Country.

Prepare yourselves.

My wife had a deaf Uber driver last week!

i have had a bunch of cab drivers who dont know english/traffic laws. one guy missed the onramp, proceeded to reverse down the feeder road. We almost died.

The problem, of course, is foreigners.

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What's there to understand. Red - stop. Green - go. Yellow - ?

When Uber/Lyft first came out, it was always a good driver in a nice car who spoke English. Now its a complete crap shoot, and lots of times its a bad driver who doesn't speak English in a banged up dirty car.

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What's there to understand. Red - stop. Green - go. Yellow - ?

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You can flag communication as a negative in your review of them. Give it 1 star and call it a day.

Some of you expect too much from people providing a service.

Their job is to get you from point A to point B in a reasonable time and safely and you don't need to know how to speak English to do that. They probably understand basic English but feel uncomfortable in conversation.

I got an Uber a few months ago after a late night at a casino an the driver had 10 trivia questions ready for me about 80s/90s movies. Yall almost saw me on the news.

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Some of you expect too much from people providing a service.

Their job is to get you from point A to point B in a reasonable time and safely and you don't need to know how to speak English to do that. They probably understand basic English but feel uncomfortable in conversation.

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Anyone wanting to have a job of any sort in the United States should speak English. If they dont, and they're not trying hard to learn and assimilate, they're an ******* and should be deported.