Nowadays, as the pace of people’s life and work continues to accelerate, the rapid development of Internet e-commerce platforms, and the further popularization of smartphones, the food delivery industry has become increasingly stronger and more mature. On the road, we often see delivery boys wearing uniforms from various restaurants going back and forth, which becomes a unique landscape. It’s just that although this “scenery” is beautiful, there are many hidden dangers hidden behind it.

The takeaway guy is both loved and hated

Currently, my country’s takeout industry is developing very rapidly. According to relevant data, as of 2019, the domestic takeout transaction volume has exceeded 600 billion yuan, with an average annual compound growth rate of more than 50%; at the same time, the number of takeout users has exceeded 400 million, with an average annual compound growth rate of nearly 20%. Food delivery platforms represented by Meituan and Ele.me have led the rapid expansion and growth of the industry.

Under such a development situation, a huge group of food delivery practitioners has also been born. Judging from the takeaway guys we are familiar with, the total number has exceeded 10 million. They are located in every corner of the city. While they bring convenience to people's lives, they also seriously affect traffic order and urban safety because they often ride left and right on the road in order to deliver meals in a hurry.

According to reports, from January to September this year, the department has investigated and dealt with more than 43,000 traffic violations of various types by take-out bikes, and in terms of accidents, more than 400 road traffic accidents were caused by take-out bikes. Among non-motor vehicle violations, takeout and express delivery account for a large proportion, causing great harm. Based on this, most citizens have a love-hate attitude toward delivery boys.

At the same time, since most of the large delivery boys have low educational levels, there are also problems in terms of quality. In daily food delivery, there are many conflicts and disputes between them and users, and sometimes there are even situations where the delivery boys cause harm to users' personal privacy, safety, etc. This also deepens people's suspicion of the delivery boys. Bad impression.

Drones delivering food are on the rise

So, is there any way to improve the above situation? In recent years, the national and local governments have taken relevant measures to rectify the food delivery industry, such as introducing relevant laws to protect the rights and interests of food delivery staff, reducing their work pressure, thereby reducing the occurrence of traffic chaos; and strengthening the skills and quality training of food delivery staff, and issuing relevant professional titles. Rating rules to continuously optimize the quality and ability of delivery staff.

These are all effective reform measures, but so far the results are not very good. In the future, perhaps the addition of drones can better improve the current situation. After all, the use of drones to replace delivery workers for delivery will firstly not cause hidden dangers to traffic and solve the traffic threat at the source; secondly, it will also avoid direct contact between delivery workers and users, thus reducing the possibility of conflicts.

In addition, drone delivery can also improve the efficiency of delivery, ensure the safety of delivery, and save delivery costs, which is something that businesses, users and managers are happy to see. In recent years, many food delivery platforms in my country, including Ele.me, have been testing drone delivery. Not long ago, Didi President Liu Qing also said that he would try to use drones to deliver food to your doorstep.

It can be seen that using drones to replace couriers for delivery has become one of the common sense in the industry. Currently, the United States, represented by the United States, has begun to allow drones to fly over crowds and has opened up permissions for drone urban applications, which has played an important role in promoting drone delivery. Under this trend, it may not be long before drones delivering food will enter our lives.

Three points need to be paid attention to in order to become popular

Of course, if drone delivery wants to be implemented and popularized, it is far from being satisfied by opening up airspace permissions. As a new thing and new application, drone delivery still has many things to pay attention to. Among them, the most important points should be the following:

First of all, we must pay attention to the technology and performance of the drone. Because drone delivery is very close to people's residential areas, noise and other aspects need to be solved through technology. At the same time, in order to meet the distribution needs, it is also necessary to balance the balance between battery life and capacity, which requires a breakthrough in the battery.

In addition, drone applications must also ensure flight safety, which requires improving drone performance and resistance.

Secondly, attention should be paid to the construction of supporting facilities for drones. Drone delivery is not just about owning drones, it also requires a lot of infrastructure and talent to support it. For example, in terms of infrastructure, drone storage warehouses and drone take-off and landing sites need to be improved. At the same time, in terms of drone talents, there is also a need for sufficient comprehensive talents such as application talents, maintenance talents, and insurance talents.

In addition, attention should be paid to the impact of drone delivery applications. Drone delivery can indeed solve the current problems related to the takeout and express delivery industries, but because it replaces the takeaway boys, it also has a huge impact on employment. In this context, we also need to pay attention to and solve the employment problems caused by the application. We need to find new employment opportunities for the huge number of takeaway guys to avoid problems.