Drive Great Cars.
Meet Great People.
Do Work That Matters.
SafeRide America is looking for professional Lead Drivers to help us proactively prevent impaired driving throughout Metro Atlanta.
This isn't rideshare. You don't pick people up in your car. Our professional Lead Driver drives the customer and the customer's vehicle while a SafeRide Chase Driver follows behind.
You Drive Their Car. We Provide the Chase Driver.
This Is a Customer-Service Job That Happens Behind the Wheel.
Yes, excellent driving matters. But what makes a great SafeRide Lead Driver goes well beyond knowing how to operate a car.
You're entering someone's evening at a moment when they are trusting you with themselves, their passengers and often one of their most valuable possessions—their vehicle.
Professionalism, judgment, calmness, responsiveness and the ability to make people comfortable matter just as much as what happens between the steering wheel and the road.
Your job is to earn that trust again on every ride.
No Two Nights Are Quite the Same.
SafeRide drivers experience a side of Atlanta most people never see—and meet people they probably never would have met otherwise.
Work Nights Between 6 p.m. and 4 a.m.
SafeRide operates seven nights a week. Lead Drivers should be comfortable working late-night hours and remaining alert, professional, reachable and responsive throughout the shift. Drivers who create the strongest opportunities for themselves typically work a regular, consistent and predictable schedule.
Meet Some Amazing People
Regular customers begin to recognize the SafeRide team, and drivers often get to know the personalities, routines and stories behind the people we serve.
Drive Some of Atlanta's Nicest Cars
One ride may put you behind the wheel of an everyday vehicle, and the next may be a luxury, performance or specialty car. SafeRide Lead Drivers experience an incredible variety of customer vehicles.
Great Service Can Be Rewarding
Lead Drivers receive 100% of the tips customers leave for them. Many customers are extremely appreciative of the service—but gratuities always vary and are never guaranteed.
See Atlanta Differently
Restaurants, private clubs, events, neighborhoods, hotels and venues you might never visit on your own become part of an ordinary SafeRide night.
End the Night Knowing It Mattered
Every completed SafeRide represents someone who chose a professional alternative instead of making an unsafe driving decision.
You're not just moving a customer from Point A to Point B. You're helping prevent the decision to drive impaired.
There Isn't Just One SafeRide Personality.
Some of our best drivers are quiet professionals. Others naturally become ambassadors for SafeRide. Both can be extremely valuable.
Calm. Reliable. Excellent Behind the Wheel.
You don't have to be the loudest person in the room. A driver who arrives prepared, communicates well, handles customers respectfully and operates every vehicle carefully can be outstanding at SafeRide.
Outgoing. Entrepreneurial. Socially Aware.
Some Lead Drivers enjoy another side of SafeRide: becoming a familiar face in partner locations, building relationships with bar and restaurant staff and helping potential customers discover the service before they need it.
Combine Both.
The Lead Drivers who tend to create the greatest opportunity for themselves combine excellent driving with consistent availability, professional appearance, strong people skills and initiative. They work a regular, predictable schedule, become familiar faces at partner locations, engage staff and potential customers appropriately, keep SafeRide visible and create customer experiences that encourage repeat business.
They're also easy to reach. They answer their phone, respond to text messages promptly and communicate clearly when circumstances change. Fast, dependable communication makes it easier for SafeRide to put the right driver in the right place at the right time.
The common denominator: regardless of personality, every SafeRide Lead Driver must demonstrate sound judgment, professional communication, prompt responsiveness, safe vehicle operation, social awareness and respect for customers, partner businesses, volunteers and the SafeRide brand.
What Does a Lead Driver Actually Do?
SafeRide is a team operation—but being a great Lead Driver involves more than waiting for the next ride. Drivers help create awareness, build relationships and then use SafeRide's technology to manage the customer experience from dispatch through payment.
Be Available
Submit your availability and be ready to work during the nights you've committed to drive. Once scheduled, remain reachable and respond promptly to calls and messages from SafeRide operations. Fast, clear communication is essential to keeping the entire team moving.
Team Up
SafeRide pairs you with a Chase Driver who provides the chase vehicle and follows throughout customer assignments.
Create a Presence
Between rides, engage staff and potential customers at SafeRide partner bars and restaurants. Check SafeRide signage, introduce the service and distribute “Try It for Free” promotional cards.
Participating partner locations may also provide SafeRide drivers complimentary non-alcoholic beverages and discounted food.
Get the Call
The SafeRide driver app delivers customer pickup information and GPS directions, lets you communicate with the customer before arrival, and keeps the assignment organized from beginning to end. Drivers are expected to acknowledge assignments and respond promptly to operational communications.
Meet the Customer
Your team travels to the pickup location. You greet the customer, confirm the trip details and professionally take responsibility for operating their vehicle.
Customer On Board
With the customer and any passengers settled into their vehicle, you drive them safely to their destination while the Chase Driver follows behind.
Complete the Ride
Park the customer's vehicle safely, complete the trip and collect payment through the driver app. The app also allows you to rate the customer and maintains records of your completed rides and commissions.
Job Satisfaction
Get paid, have fun, meet remarkable people, experience places you may never have discovered and drive vehicles you may never otherwise get behind the wheel of—all while helping proactively prevent impaired driving.
Activity breeds activity. When SafeRide drivers are visible in partner establishments, customers and staff remember the service exists. Visibility creates awareness, awareness creates calls, and strong relationships help create repeat business. If SafeRide is out of sight, it can quickly become out of mind.
Professional Standards Matter.
SafeRide Lead Drivers operate vehicles belonging to other people. That responsibility requires screening and a higher professional standard than an ordinary gig-driving position.
A Flexible Independent-Contractor Opportunity.
Lead Drivers choose the nights they are available and are compensated based on completed SafeRide trips.
The current starting Lead Driver commission is 30% of completed fare revenue, subject to the applicable contractor agreement and current compensation policy.
Tips designated for the Lead Driver go to the Lead Driver. Tip amounts vary by customer and trip and are not guaranteed.
SafeRide operates at night seven days a week. Drivers submit availability so operations can schedule around the nights they are able to work. Consistent, predictable availability generally creates the strongest opportunity.
Important: Lead Drivers provide services as independent contractors under a written contractor agreement. Ride demand, trip values, customer gratuities and total earnings vary. SafeRide does not guarantee a particular number of rides, hours, tips, commission increases or level of earnings.
Different Backgrounds. One Great Fit.
SafeRide Lead Drivers come from many careers and stages of life. What matters most is professionalism, judgment, reliability, responsiveness and the ability to create a great customer experience.
The drivers who tend to create the greatest opportunity for themselves combine great driving with a regular, predictable schedule, prompt communication, strong people skills, professional appearance and the initiative to build relationships wherever SafeRide operates.
Think You'd Be a Great SafeRide Lead Driver?
Complete the application below. Tell us about your driving background, availability and why you think SafeRide might be a good fit.
Questions before applying? Call SafeRide America at 404-888-0887 or contact us through the website.
The Next SafeRide Could Start With You.
Bring your driving experience, professionalism, responsiveness and personality. We'll bring the customers, the chase support and a mission worth driving for.
