Japan's Uber Eats delivery workers threatened by dangerous driving: labor union February 7, 2020 (Mainichi Japan) Japanese version An Uber Eats delivery worker rides quickly through the streets of Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in this file photo taken in May 2019. (Mainichi/Akane Imamura) An Uber Eats delivery worker, second from right, talks about the bus that drove close to him, in a news conference at the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare press club in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward shortly past noon on Feb. 6, 2020. (Mainichi/Tomotatsu Yamaguchi) TOKYO -- Delivery workers for the Uber Eats food order and delivery platform in Japan are being threatened by dangerous drivers, a labor union representing the workers said in a news conference here on Feb. 6.【Related】10-yr sentence sought for Porsche-driving doctor accused in Japan road rage death【Related】Japan aims to crack down on road rage with planned law revisions【Related】Police unable to find clues about hundreds of thumbtacks on western Japan cycling road A male bicycle delivery worker recently tweeted a video of a bus driving dangerously close to him, and the union disclosed that he has filed a damages report with the Metropolitan Police Department over the incident. The incident occurred at about 4:20 p.m. on Jan. 23. The cyclist was riding in a bike lane on a road near Nishi-Waseda Station in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward when a school bus passed very close to him. The bus then stopped suddenly in front of the cyclist, blocking his path. The bus driver reportedly got out and grabbed the cyclist's delivery bag ブランドコピー時計  telling him, "Ride on the footpath!" The recorded altercation was viewed over 900,000 times on Twitter. "The bus came within about 10 centimeters of me. One mistake and there could have been a major accident ブランドコピー財布 " the delivery worker said. The 27-year-old worker had experienced dangerous driving in the past when people overtook him or drove close to him. To raise awareness about safe driving, he filed a complaint with police on Jan. 29 accusing the bus driver of assault and violating the Road Traffic Act. The school that outsourced operation of the bus posted a notice on its website on Jan. 31 stating, "We put safety first in contracting out work, so this comes as a great shock." It said that the bus operator had told the school that it had relieved the driver of his duties ブランドコピー最高N級  and that it was implementing improvement measures, including instructing and educating its drivers. Tomio Maeba, 29, the chairman of the labor union, stated ブランド通販  "While many delivery workers are being put in danger, there are also delivery workers who don't follow the road rules. We want to call for both sides to try and drive and ride safely." The union has partnered with the nonprofit Tokyo Occupational Safety and Health Center, and is calling for information through a survey on its website at https://www.ubereatsunion.org/ (in Japanese). Between Jan. 7 and Feb. 5, it received 19 reports 激安 ブランドコピー  including one in which a worker suffered a broken bone. The survey will continue until March, and an interim report is expected to be released in around May. (Japanese original by Tomotatsu Yamaguchi, Integrated Digital News Center) Font Size SML Print Go to The Mainichi Home Page Related Articles【Related】10-yr sentence sought for Porsche-driving doctor accused in Japan road rage death【Related】Japan aims to crack down on road rage with planned law revisions【Related】Police unable to find clues about hundreds of thumbtacks on western Japan cycling road