31-05-25, 08:41 PM
A rider on L Plates *will* have been "tested to the minimum standard", because they will have had to do CBT which is the minimum standard to ride a moped and hold a provisional licence and a business should have insurance for riders they employ.
Having said that, though, the terms of your own insurance very likely say that, unless you've added specific cover, it doesn't include food deliveries, yet I know for a fact that there are riders and drivers who use their own vehicles effectively uninsured to do this work because the extra cover is too expensive.
Meanwhile, you do not, however, have to have a licence or have done CBT or anything else to ride an e-bike and work for a Gig Economy delivery service which will only pay you a few quid per delivery.
Theoretically you can earn at least the minimum wage, but many average less than that Are food delivery riders being exploited by the gig economy?
Interestingly, I mention in passing, that report also says that "Ethnic minorities are more likely to rely on food delivery as a primary source of income", although it says nothing about their riding abilities.
Of course there's also the fact that e-bikes are supposed to be restricted to 15mph and you should only be able to go above that if you're pedalling, yet clearly there are many illegal e-bikes out there which go a lot faster, but there's a great lack of enforcement to deal with them.
As for banning food deliveries, it would put a bunch of legitimate companies out of business (Pizza Hut, Dominoes, Papa Johns etc) it would also very probably just result in more people delivering illegally, knowing the chances of them getting caught are minimal and the businesses they deliver for claiming "Nothing to do with us, Squire, we thought they were delivering on foot!"
Having said that, though, the terms of your own insurance very likely say that, unless you've added specific cover, it doesn't include food deliveries, yet I know for a fact that there are riders and drivers who use their own vehicles effectively uninsured to do this work because the extra cover is too expensive.
Meanwhile, you do not, however, have to have a licence or have done CBT or anything else to ride an e-bike and work for a Gig Economy delivery service which will only pay you a few quid per delivery.
Theoretically you can earn at least the minimum wage, but many average less than that Are food delivery riders being exploited by the gig economy?
Interestingly, I mention in passing, that report also says that "Ethnic minorities are more likely to rely on food delivery as a primary source of income", although it says nothing about their riding abilities.
Of course there's also the fact that e-bikes are supposed to be restricted to 15mph and you should only be able to go above that if you're pedalling, yet clearly there are many illegal e-bikes out there which go a lot faster, but there's a great lack of enforcement to deal with them.
As for banning food deliveries, it would put a bunch of legitimate companies out of business (Pizza Hut, Dominoes, Papa Johns etc) it would also very probably just result in more people delivering illegally, knowing the chances of them getting caught are minimal and the businesses they deliver for claiming "Nothing to do with us, Squire, we thought they were delivering on foot!"