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I seriously doubt that most receivers of delivery care about the 5 minute difference in delivery times that enforcement and law-following would actually create. I don't see any compelling evidence to assume that enforcement of these particular laws would lead to noticably higher delivery times, OR that those delivery time increases would actually result in fewer customers. Feels like a lot of Econ 101 abstract analysis

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Well, clearly there is an economic reason they deliver food via scooter rather than on foot. 5 minutes is an arbitrary number, but even if I just accept the hypothetical difference you threw out there it's 5 minutes longer for the food to get there and an additional 5 minutes for the driver to return, and then that double process is repeated for every single delivery in a shift. It adds up fast. If it would have been a 10 minute trip on a moped you've just doubled the delivery time by walking the delivery there.

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