New York deliverymen, tears from bicycle thief
Reporter Yoon Yeo-jin [email protected]
Input: 2021-03-10 06:44:36Revision: 2021-03-10 06:46:38Posted: 2021-03-10 06:49:08
About 1,000 deliverymen gathered in front of New York City Hall in October last year to participate in a protest calling for theft and theft of electric bicycles. yunhap news
New York deliverymen are threatened with livelihoods from bicycle thieves. Delivery workers from immigrants who have stolen electric bicycles, which are close to 2 million won per vehicle, are often unable to report, so it is urgent to prepare countermeasures.
According to the New York Times (NYT) on the 9th (local time), reports of theft of electric bicycles in New York last year rose to 328 cases last year, up to 166 cases in the previous year. In New York, notorious for traffic jams, the number of robbers and thefts has increased significantly, aiming for high-performance electric bikes used by New York deliverymen to deliver as many deliveries as possible. The recent increase in the number of unemployed due to Corona 19 is interpreted as the main reason.
E-bikes with a new product price of around $1700 (approximately 193 million won) are in high demand in the stolen goods market. NYT explains that parts are sold as they are or parts are traded after being disassembled.
There are thieves who steal electric bicycles while delivery men are away, but there are also many robbers who threaten delivery men and steal electric bicycles.
According to the police, a tactic that robbers like to use is to use a counterfeit credit card to order food for delivery to a specific address and then threaten the delivery man to steal the electric bicycle. In particular, the robbers appeared to be targeting immigrant deliverymen. This is because there are not a few delivery men who cannot report to the police even if they are stolen or robbed depending on whether they have permission to stay.
As the theft and theft of electric bicycles increased, deliverymen were also in a desperate situation. In October of last year, about 1,000 deliverymen held a protest in front of New York City Hall to urge the prevention of theft and theft of electric bicycles.
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