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I'm planning on becoming a deliveroo moped rider in Manchester city centre- My area will be a 1.3 mile(2.2km) radius from the city centre- Being a taxi forum I figured there would be plenty of experienced people here who could give advice- how long will it take to master all the the routes, streets and restaurants in this region?- thanks

If you are going to master the routes why not drive people rather than pizzas?

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If you are going to master the routes why not drive people rather than pizzas?[/quote]

Exactly the same reasoning that made me stop delivering takeaways and get my Ph badge 15 year ago.

Cos I don't know how to drive and ownly own a moped- this is supposed to be a summer job to pay for some stuff I want to get before uni starts again. One of those things is car lessons
I'd really appreciate any opinions regarding my original enquiry. Also I'm only in Manchester for 3 months for the summer because I'd be staying at my mate's house when he's not using it then.

Get an A to Z that covers the area you will drive. Start with the main roads, points of interest and then the side roads. Have a drive around the area and familiarise yourself. Good luck

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you don't need taxi driver's knowledge to deliver a pizza... probably you've mobile with satnav using google maps so you've everything you need to do whatever you'll do and probably you know how to use an uncle google if so...
what they teach them youngsters in the school nowadays? normally they seem to know everything and they know everything better than anybody else...

I also bought a ream of A4 plain paper and just kept drawing my own maps, starting off with just the main roads, doing that a couple of times a day for a couple of days. Then doing the same again for a few days but adding in the some of the bigger roads, then doing the same again and start putting in landmarks (pubs, clubs, social clubs) etc.

Not sure what its like in Manchester, but one of the ways I learnt when I started driving cabs was knowing certain estates were named after places.

For example one estate has its avenues and streets named after golf courses, another pile of streets in another area are named after Canadian towns, another in a different part has streets named after Aussie towns.

Helped me anyway.

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Thanks for the replies- I've bought a motorcycle satnav and will attach it to my moped- If I do 8 hours a day delivering food maybe 4-5 orders an hour for a scooter deliveroo guy so 32-40 orders a day- and pretend the houses of people ordering food are uniformly distributed throughout the region I'm based (2.2km or 1.3 mile radius) what length of time before I don't need the satnav anymore and and know the streets like the back of my hand? A week and a half- 2 weeks? 3 ?- I'm there for 3.5 months so ideally I want to master the fastest routes asap so I can make as many orders as possible and in turn get more work (and also possible customer tips for being fast)

You'll have regulars, it won't take long It may take longer than the 3.5 months you'll be there tho

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Thanks- I like your note to self

The thing with using a sat nav is the routes don't reall stick in the head, if you used a map the routes would stick much quicker.

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Hmmm... I'll try learning from map first and going without checking (or try) and perhaps use Satnav if I'm getting late or really lost. Thanks

if i get one that i don't know i just say " where is that? , im sorry but only been doing this for 3 weeks" they guide me to the door
just buy a sat nav, fook what these on here say , i have one on each phone & a garmin ffs modern technology?, these "lost in the past " fookers annoy me to fook tbh ,never move with the times sadly