![]() The Journal’s review of government data showed one Amazon contractor that continued hauling 55 loads after Amazon suspended its contract. However, WSJ reported that, although Amazon suspends contractors who violate its safety standards, that doesn’t always end concerns of dangerous driving. “Any accident involving one of our partners or community members is a tragedy, and we always work with our contractors to prevent accidents or learn from them, so they don’t happen again.” “First and foremost, the insinuation that Amazon puts more value on meeting deadlines than on human lives is categorically false,” Nantel told Ars. Amazon’s responseĪmazon spokesperson Kelly Nantel told Ars that WSJ’s report “contains misleading and inaccurate assertions.” AdvertisementĭOT did not immediately respond to Ars’ request for comment. One Illinois-based company contracted by Amazon “scored worse than the level DOT officials consider problematic” every month of WSJ’s review period. WSJ also found evidence of dozens of companies that Amazon contracted that had “conditional” ratings, which is like DOT putting them on probation-a black mark that typically alienates most firms from contracting them. For example, a review of Department of Transportation data on unsafe driving scores of more than 1,300 Amazon trucking contractors from February 2020 to early August 2022 found that contractors who worked the most with Amazon were “more than twice as likely as all other similar companies to receive bad unsafe driving scores.” The resulting report, WSJ said, “for the first time showed how the safety performance of Amazon’s trucking contractors compared with their peers.” And their results didn’t appear good for Amazon. To arrive at this number, WSJ partnered with Jason Miller-a Michigan State University professor who researches transportation safety-to analyze various sources of government data from “3,512 trucking companies that were inspected by authorities three or more times while hauling trailers for Amazon since February 2020.” Since 2015, WSJ reported this week, “Trucking companies hauling freight for Amazon have been involved in crashes that killed more than 75 people.” And then more recently, The Wall Street Journal provided another window into how deadly America’s favorite speedy delivery service can be. However, The Information reported last year that horrific car crashes are part and parcel of Amazon’s culture of convenience. ![]() It’s well-known that the Amazon drivers steering these fleets of trucks and vans don’t actually work for Amazon but are hired by companies contracted by Amazon, and Amazon has repeatedly denied liability for any dangerous driving reported, though.īecause Amazon has contracts with more than 50,000 firms, just how dangerous Amazon’s contracted drivers really are remains a question that is hard to track. Robert Nickelsberg / Contributor | Getty Images News reader comments 137 withįor years, people in cars stuck behind blue delivery trucks in traffic have echoed media reports criticizing Amazon for clogging American roadways.
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