mrnomer2000 t1_iu4tlsj wrote on October 28, 2022 at 3:38 PM

This makes me think of the lawsuit filed long ago against Dominos back when they had a 30-minute delivery guarantee. The pressure on the drivers was leading to crashes, so Dominos was sued for encouraging bad behavior and they settled and ended the guarantee.

As gig workers, these delivery guys aren't being "forced' to break rules to meet a deadline. But the gig grind does seem to force them to work as fast and loose as possible to make money. The consequences are paid by all of us.

Can't sue Grubhub or whoever to make them stop because they aren't technically forcing any bad behavior. And tackling each rider one by one as they screw up doesn't seem practical either. And thus we are stuck with this until maybe someone dies.

For the record I like to ride bikes and I hate that these guys color everyone's opinion of cyclists. I feel like the only nerd who actually stops at stop lights and signs, but I'm in no hurry.

dorkishj OP t1_iu4v7kc wrote on October 28, 2022 at 3:49 PM

Ive seen cyclists stop at red lights. They know what they're doing! You have buttheads everywhere who just don't care and it ruins it foe the people who do care. Just today bringing my son to school someone kept ringing a bell, I turned around and it was a woman on a bike.. she was rushing us to move on a busy sidewalk so she can get by. I wondered why she just doesn't ride in the street. But i don't know her story, maybe she got hit by a car and was traumatized. Who knows. We all need to just work together to stay safe. Jersey city needs to be a community and we need to work with eachother. Unfortunately I've seen nothing but nastiness and rude people within the last 10 years. It sucks.