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.
mrnomer2000 t1_iu4tlsj wrote
Reply to When will anyone enforce riding in the street? by dorkishj
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.