beijing scooter driver bright blue jacket food delivery run dash across busy intersection slick rain hit turn car hurl along tarmac video post chinese police warn couriers slow china home delivery boom power estimate three million couriers rid quiet electric scooters boxy three-wheelers trigger surge road accidents prompt warn police complaints drivers say feel pressure put speed safety accidents happen time rush hour friend hit car could work two months say food courier beijing surnamed zhang decline give full name number users china online food delivery market dominate service back technology giants alibaba group hold ltd tencent hold ltd surge 41.6 percent 300 million first half 2017 accord report state-controlled china internet network information center 76 injuries deaths involve food delivery drivers shanghai record first half 2017 alone police call china large food delivery company late august warn improve safety standards drivers china two large food delivery company meituan-dianping ele.me responsible quarter incidents shanghai police say news spark countrywide reaction city police state media come chastise industry accidents police eastern city nanjing meet food delivery company sept 20 couriers involve 3,000 accidents first half 2017 90 percent deem fault state media report official legal daily urge authorities mobilise mass use phone cameras catch offenders punish employers identify distinctively color uniform spokesman meituan whose drivers wear fluorescent yellow say company safety train drivers conduct 300 driver train course july say 13.6 percent drop traffic incidents follow month spokeswoman ele.me say tell drivers safety first speed second company recently launch system track traffic violations drivers well offer reward onlookers report incidents china drivers rarely mug shoot risk face counterparts part unite state countries often suffer injuries country hectic city roads drivers typically take blame accidents labor activists numerous drivers say incentives make speed necessity hong kong-based china labour bulletin track labor action china say couriers increasingly air grievances stag protest strike demand good wag accident insurance drivers face fin late deliveries poor customer rat drivers say add company always provide insurance coverage accidents company say drivers cover public third party liability insurance food delivery drivers tell reuters expect 40 deliveries one 10-to-12-hour shift usually time limit half hour per delivery time get good review customers mean extra yuan 0.75 u.s. cents per delivery couriers also usually hire directly company design order software instead work freelance third party company leave without direct contract platform operators august dozens meituan drivers stag strike southern city yixing complain pay injury compensation show scab-covered legs use hand-written equations show build fin late deliveries eat salaries vast majority drivers migrant workers age 26 send income home support families accord 2016 report meituan-dianping food delivery platforms management need become humane official people daily newspaper say recent commentary switch operate model seek speed one seek stability ... let delivery drivers risk live deliver meals ele.me spokeswoman acknowledge balance delivery speed traffic safety indeed hard add company work use artificial intelligence optimize rout monitor drivers criticism mostly target food delivery company drivers face great time pressure less well-defined rout deliver package wide delivery industry also problems niu hongqiang 23 driver hebei province work package delivery company beijing say safety train receive useless something go wrong go wrong big way speed safety china 's food delivery industry warn accidents