I will show you to to decline a ride on Lyft without it affecting your acceptance rate. Sometimes if a ping comes in and you do not want to go to that area, do not have the time to go there because you have to be somewhere soon or its not worth the pay then you can decline it and your acceptance rate will not drop. If you are new then you just accept any ride because if are afraid your rating will drop then you can do this and will be good. It is good to also save your bonuses. You might be in an area where you get a bonus by accepting your next ride and when you go to an area that does not have a bonus, you still have it and if a ride comes in and you decline it then you lose the bonus you had. If you do this method then your bonus is still there. By keeping that bonus is extra money. You could have a $5 or $10 bonus and if you get it then you save taking an extra ride.