Over the last week, I have seen:
- A delivery driver turn right from a main road into a side street from the wrong side of the road, almost crashing into a car turning left from the side street
- Numerous delivery drivers driving on the wrong side of the main road, forcing oncoming traffic to slow down or even emergency brake
- Constant undertaking by delivery drivers
- Delivery motorbikes exceeding local 20mph/30mph speed limits by a factor of at least 2
- An electric bike delivery man riding on the pavement whilst checking his phone and knocking into an elderly gentleman (who was fortunately OK). In general, a lot of ebikes ridden on the pavement
- Delivery motorbikes taking up all the parking spaces in loading bays, ignoring all time limits
These are all in an area with large numbers of CCTV cameras, traffic cameras, etc. in London.
If examples were made of a few of these then driving standards amongst delivery motorbikes generally would improve. It would be an easy win for the police as well, the cases are so easy to prove. But it seems like the police and the politicians don't care.
I strongly suspect that many of the drivers don't have legal driving licences. Also, though it isn't immediately relevant to my main concern about driving standards, increased police enforcement/spot checks would also deter informal/under the table subcontracting of Uber Eats/Just Eat/Deliveroo etc accounts by illegal immigrants...