Food delivery workers named and shamed for traffic offenses

Traffic police in the Pudong New Area on Monday named and shamed the 20 food delivery workers caught with the most traffic offenses in January.

All food delivery workers operating in Pudong for ele.me, meituan.com and Dada receive a record on an app if they engage in traffic offenses — the app then makes a tally and deducts points. Their employers will punish them if a certain number of points are deducted under their names.

The food delivery worker in the top spot had a total of 13 offenses in January, and had 40 points deducted from his account. According to the rules, he will be banned from working for the three companies as a food delivery worker for life, Pudong police said.

The 20 food deliverymen on the list each had between four and 13 offenses with 20 to 40 points deducted. Eight of them work for ele.me, two for meituan.com and one for Dada, while the rest are moonlighters.

According to the rules, which were agreed on by both the police and the companies, six points are deducted for ignoring red lights, six for parking beyond the waiting line at a crossroads, six for riding e-bikes in vehicle lanes and on pedestrian sidewalks, three for riding in the wrong direction, and three for illegal parking.

Food delivery workers with 24 points deducted within three months will be forced to work as traffic safety volunteers for one hour before hitting the road again, and those with 36 points or more deducted within the same period will be banned from the trade.

According to Pudong traffic police, the most frequent offense discovered in January was riding e-bikes in the wrong direction, with a total of 1,777 such offenses recorded. The second most frequent offense was ignoring red lights, at 1,039 times.