Road safety campaigner warns food delivery riders are causing ‘total anarchy’ for the public

Food delivery riders are causing ‘complete utter anarchy’ for pedestrians and drivers on Sydney’s roads, the chairman of the Pedestrian Council of Australia claims.

Harold Scruby is blaming an absence of regulation enforcement for cyclists and delivery riders causing havoc on main roads, even resulting in various tragic deaths.

He referenced the loss of life of an 89-year-old grandfather, Chengyi Shi, who died after he was hit by a rider who ran a crimson gentle on an electrical bike in Kirribilli. 

Mr Scruby feels so strongly about the drawback that he has stepped down from a taskforce that makes an attempt to guard food delivery riders by way of higher regulation.

The shortage of regulation enforcement is being blamed for the ‘complete, utter anarchy’ of food delivery drivers

He claimed that the taskforce had been a failure because it was created by the NSW authorities following 4 delivery driver deaths. 

‘We’ve to have enforcement. It is complete, utter anarchy, nobody is imposing the legal guidelines,’ he advised The Daily Telegraph.

Final yr solely seven riders have been fined in NSW for using on footpaths and 56 have been fined for not dismounting at pedestrian crossings whereas only one was booked for rushing, in line with statistics attained by the Pedestrian Council.

Harold Scruby mentioned ‘if riders adopted the regulation, there’d be much less crashes’ as he referenced the loss of life of an 89-year-old man after he was hit by a bike owner who ran a crimson gentle

Mr Scruby mentioned he believes if the riders have been following the legal guidelines there could be much less accidents.

‘We maintained the complete approach by way of if riders adopted the regulation, there’d be much less crashes,’ he mentioned. 

‘It is anarchy and the worst offenders are the food delivery couriers on their electrical bikes – lots of which have been souped up.’

The Transport Staff Union have additionally pulled out of the taskforce with Unions NSW at present in the strategy of stepping away. 

Mr Scruby mentioned that delivery drivers have been the worst offenders who usually rode souped up electrical bikes