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A car crash happened in a crossroad of east China’s Nanjing City on July 3, a food deliveryman riding a motorcycle ran a red light smashing into the front of a bus. Seven days later, the deliveryman was pronounced dead in a hospital.
This tragedy just is the tip of the iceberg. That food delivery rider was ruled by traffic police to be blamed for the accident. In the first half of this year, 3,242 deliverymen-caused traffic accidents occurred in Nanjing, killing three people and wounding over 2,000 deliverymen.
Food deliverymen are under pressure for on-time deliveries. If deliverymen admit to running a red light they are fined 50 yuan (7.6 US dollars) in Nanjing.
But a late delivery would mean a 200 yuan (30.4 US dollars) in fine by the company. While they get one yuan (0.15 US dollars) for favorable comment, they'd lose 30 positive reviews to get rid of the one complaint.
Deliveryman crashed a car.
In addition, the peak ordering time is in the afternoon or evening, during the rush hour. In order to deliver food on time, some of the deliverymen may ignore a traffic rule violation, running a red light, or driving in a wrong lane or in a wrong direction, in a street.
On September 20, Nanjing traffic police introduced “ten regulations” for delivery staff and delivery platforms, including adjusting the rule of taken orders and restricting the number of orders.
One traffic police officer said that after the implementation of the "ten regulations", it will have a binding effect on the delivery platform and practitioners, which will be punished for "violating the responsibility of safe production".
By the first half of this year, there are over 300 million Chinese using delivery platforms to order food and commodity.
(CGTN)
