Deliveroo riders to wear cameras after being subject to acid attacks
Jack Healy
File photo dated 06/01/16 of a Deliveroo cycle rider in central London. Deliveroo has reduced its food delivery time in the UK by 20% this year thanks to a new algorithm for plotting distances between restaurants, riders and customers, the company has said. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Wednesday July 26, 2017. The food delivery app says its new Frank algorithm, which came online in January, has reduced the average customer wait time from order to delivery to 29 minutes. See PA story TECHNOLOGY Deliveroo. Photo credit should read: Nick Ansell/PA Wire
Deliveroo delivery riders are going to start wearing video cameras after several of the food courier's riders have been subject to violent acid attacks in London.
The courier has announced it is trialling the use of GoPro cameras to protect its riders against the acid attacks, which have been increasingly happening across London. They have also been the victim of numerous robberies too.
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