When will the transportation issues for takeaway and express delivery personnel be regulated?

Holding a mobile phone in one hand and grabbing the handlebar of an electric car with the other, he was passing by you in the opposite direction, scaring you into a cold sweat. When you looked carefully, it turned out to be another guy who was rushing to deliver a courier. This dangerous scene is familiar to everyone.

In modern society, with the development of the logistics industry and the takeout industry, people enjoy the convenience and speed brought by these industries. However, some takeout and express delivery personnel who are responsible for delivering goods often ignore traffic safety in order to rush for business. Some even cause major traffic accidents, causing harm to others and themselves. Express delivery and takeout delivery personnel commonly commit traffic violations such as running red lights, driving in the wrong direction, riding on mobile phones, and changing lanes at will during the delivery process. These illegal behaviors that endanger traffic emerge in endlessly.

The lack of industry regulations and the single business assessment standard are the main causes of traffic safety problems

In fact, delivery personnel in the takeout and express delivery industries are also very concerned about the recurring traffic safety problems. Helpless, because timeliness is their main assessment criterion. When placing takeout and online shopping orders, customers need to receive delivery items quickly. In order to get the goods to customers as soon as possible, express delivery and takeout delivery personnel do whatever it takes, whether it is windy, rainy or hot, whether it is during lunch break or in the middle of the night. They have to be delivered to customers as soon as possible, and delivery personnel are really hard-working. But if timeliness is regarded as the only assessment criterion, it will cause many traffic problems.

Let’s take a look at Guangzhou. The same is true for delivery personnel. Bottled petroleum gas delivery personnel used to be a mess. Later, after the delivery standards were detailed and stipulated, the problem of traffic violations was solved. Now, customers will not rush delivery personnel for speed, because customers know that LPG delivery personnel must ensure that traffic rules are followed and safety is ensured during the gas delivery process.

And it is difficult to rectify all cases solely by relying on strict enforcement by law enforcement departments. After all, the rectification effect of relying solely on punishment and education from law enforcement departments is limited. How to effectively educate and rectify traffic safety issues among employees in these industries? I suggest that compliance with traffic rules be included in the assessment standards of these industries, as the scope of industry regulations, and let the industries regulate themselves.

First, strengthen the management of competent authorities and specify industry access standards. Just like those who deliver bottled LPG, there are strict standards for everything from designated clothing to delivery vehicles and the number of bottles, and there are authorities that strictly regulate violations of these regulations.

The second is to involve traffic safety in business standards. Just like the traffic safety intervention business assessment standards for bus drivers, rapid delivery cannot be the only business assessment standard.

When placing an order, inform customers of traffic safety information in a warm reminder, so that customers can not only supervise delivery personnel, but also understand the delay caused by complying with traffic safety.