58% of these riders are food delivery couriers. At the time of writing, Deliveroo and Uber Eats riders are classed as contractors and are expected to perform their own formal rider training, acquire their own public liability insurance, and buy and maintain their own road legal delivery vehicle.
Do you think most people really do this? Neither do I.
Also, riders must pay for their own annual leave, national insurance and sick pay out of the meagre piecemeal payments they receive.
Much of the dangerous riding shown in this video is a symptom of the gig economy and can be dealt with by classifying delivery riders as employees of the delivery company, then providing them with formal rider training, public liability insurance and a road legal delivery vehicle.
In other words, properly regulate the gig economy.