A scooter delivery man near Place de la Comédie, in Montpellier -
N. Bonzom / Maxele Presse
It is far from unanimous in Montpellier (Hérault) to verbalize delivery men who ride a scooter in the city center.
A petition was posted three days ago on the change.org platform for the reports of Uber Eats or Deliveroo couriers, drawn up in recent days by the municipal police, to be canceled.
“While they have small incomes, in the midst of an economic slump, to apply the ban on motorized two-wheelers (...) To attack these young people, who work hard in difficult conditions, Fining them with several days' income is unacceptable.
It's a shame ”, deplore the signatories, who ask the town hall to cancel the minutes and to stop verbalizing.
"I have no problem with the delivery people"
It was a tweet from Sébastien Cote (PS), the deputy in charge of security, on January 3, which ignited the powder.
The elected official confided on Twitter that in "one hour, 18 verbalizations" had been drawn up on the pedestrian area of the city for "unauthorized circulation of scooters to the detriment of residents", stunned by the noise of bikes.
According to the elected official, almost all the reports concerned delivery men working for Uber Eats and Deliveroo.
Last night in 1 hour, 18 verbalizations in the pedestrian area for unauthorized scooter traffic to the detriment of residents (noise).
Almost all the verbalizations concern @ubereats_fr and @Deliveroo_FR!
Are we talking about it, gentlemen managers?
@MDelafosse @Fvillette
- Sébastien Cote 🇫🇷🇬🇷🇪🇺 (@CoteMontpel) January 3, 2021
“I have no problem with the delivery men, explained the elected to
20 Minutes.
I have a problem with the scooters in the pedestrian area.
I recall that originally, all the delivery men were on bicycles.
I am very angry with the platforms, which let it happen, in defiance of the Highway Code, the tranquility of local residents, and polluting emissions.
But we also need to empower delivery people.
Many are on bicycles.
Does it shock someone to see a truck driver, who runs a red light in town, fined?
Did someone just ask me if this is normal?
We enforce the rule of the pedestrian area.
"
Ludovic Rioux, bicycle delivery man in Lyon and representative of the national collective of CGT deliverers, had expressed his indignation at these rains of PV.
"It's scandalous," he confided.
The workers of the delivery platforms are workers to whom the status of auto-entrepreneur is imposed, so the fine is for their apple.
They are precarious workers, forced to work on scooters, to make a sufficient turnover.
It is a response completely disconnected from reality.
"
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