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Busy Clear –If you are now marked Busy, then the phone will display "Book-In" at the top of
the screen because that is the most logical next function. When you are busy, you can
become CLEAR and Book yourself into a Zone at the same time, simply by pressing
GO
"
", then entering the zone you wish to book into. The system will tell you that you are
booked into that zone and it will tell you your queue position –in other words, whether you are
first, second, third, etc. in that Zone line-up.
10. Soon-To-Clear
While you are Loaded on a trip, you can enter Soon-To-Clear mode. This advises the system where
you are heading, so that if a trip in your destination zone becomes available, the system will hold it
for you, rather than pulling a car from another zone. Of course, if another car becomes clear in the
zone you are heading to, it will receive the trip –so that we serve our customers as quickly as
possible. When you Load a passenger, if you enter a zone number, you are automatically placed in
the Soon-To-Clear status. If you chose not to enter a zone number when you indicated Loaded, you
may activate the Soon-To-Clear function by pressing the Change Soft Key, scrolling to Soon To
Clear, pressing OK, then the Select Soft Key. The program will prompt you for the zone you are
heading for. Enter the Zone and press GO. Keep in mind that the Soon-To-Clear status will expire
after a pre-determined time span (normally 10 – 20 minutes).
expire, you will receive a message and will be placed back into the Loaded status.
11. Zone Information
To determine how many vehicles and trips are currently available in the City, press Change then
scroll and highlight Zone Info?, select that entry with OK, then press Select
The system will show you the Zone number, the number of available trips and the number of available
vehicles in any zone where either a trip or vehicle is available. For example 3-0/1 indicates that in
zone 3, there are no available trips and 1 vacant vehicle.
This information may help you as a driver to be more efficient and receive more trips by showing you
where there is activity and opportunity.
12. Bid on Trip
While you are holding, queued up in a zone, you may want to "Bid" on a trip in a nearby zone without
losing your position if you don't happen to win the bid. Bidding on trips allows drivers to request
nearby jobs on a "first come, first serve" basis. If you bid and you win the trip, it will be sent to you
within a few seconds.
particular attributes, nothing will happen and you will remain booked into the zone at the position you
were before you performed the Bid function.
To Bid for a trip, press Change, select Bid with the Arrow Keys and OK button, then press Select.
Enter the zone you wish to bid on and press GO.
13. Status
At any time, you may query your system status, by pressing "Change", highlighting and selecting
"Status?" with OK, then pressing
If you are waiting in a zone for a trip, you should not do a status request more than once
every 10 minutes, as it wastes data and increases the burden on the system. Doing
repeated status requests is not going to get you a new trip any faster.
If someone else gets the trip or you are not qualified for the trip due to
Select
. The system will tell you your current vehicle status.
If the Soon-To-Clear status does
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