wiledog_X
Race Dog
Over the last couple of months, the phenomena has exploded, even all over Pretoria. There are large groups of independent scooter delivery guys at the Grove or Menlyn Retail.
I feel sorry for these guys, they need the work and it's an easy way around regulation for immigrants. They get in illegally and ride illegally with badly maintained vehicles.
Many don't have licenses or can even ride bikes properly. They don't want to speak out against Uber Eats or Mr D who may be exploiting them.
Dozens of unlicensed guys on bikes they don't know how to ride... recipe for disaster.
Wish we could help them somehow, maybe some Wilddogs get out and teach these guys to ride? Naive, I know....
https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/immigrant-food-couriers-risk-death-on-south-african-roads-20190702
Just one horror story:
"Sam, who lives in Gugulethu, became an Uber Eats driver without knowing how to ride a motorbike. He asked a friend to teach him, buzzing around a parking lot until he felt able to balance the bike.
On his second day at work he crashed in town, escaping without injury. A few months later, in Camps Bay, he spun out on a corner. His knee swelled to four times its normal size, he said, and he could not work for nearly a month.
Since then, mercifully, he has not been in another accident, even though his current bike has a single mirror and dangerously smooth tyres."
"Drivers can be penalised for late orders. On a typical day, they earn between R300 and R500. (Each company has different fee structures, but earnings fall within a similar range.)
Out of this they must pay for their petrol, mobile data and vehicle maintenance; a large number rent motorcycles from private owners, pushing up their running costs.
Dean, the Tanzanian who crashed in Woodstock, said: "In a month you take home maybe R4 000 or R5 000."
I feel sorry for these guys, they need the work and it's an easy way around regulation for immigrants. They get in illegally and ride illegally with badly maintained vehicles.
Many don't have licenses or can even ride bikes properly. They don't want to speak out against Uber Eats or Mr D who may be exploiting them.
Dozens of unlicensed guys on bikes they don't know how to ride... recipe for disaster.
Wish we could help them somehow, maybe some Wilddogs get out and teach these guys to ride? Naive, I know....
https://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/immigrant-food-couriers-risk-death-on-south-african-roads-20190702
Just one horror story:
"Sam, who lives in Gugulethu, became an Uber Eats driver without knowing how to ride a motorbike. He asked a friend to teach him, buzzing around a parking lot until he felt able to balance the bike.
On his second day at work he crashed in town, escaping without injury. A few months later, in Camps Bay, he spun out on a corner. His knee swelled to four times its normal size, he said, and he could not work for nearly a month.
Since then, mercifully, he has not been in another accident, even though his current bike has a single mirror and dangerously smooth tyres."
"Drivers can be penalised for late orders. On a typical day, they earn between R300 and R500. (Each company has different fee structures, but earnings fall within a similar range.)
Out of this they must pay for their petrol, mobile data and vehicle maintenance; a large number rent motorcycles from private owners, pushing up their running costs.
Dean, the Tanzanian who crashed in Woodstock, said: "In a month you take home maybe R4 000 or R5 000."
