Tired Black Friday delivery drivers 'could pose safety risk'

The imminent arrival of the infamous Black Friday could spell danger for some delivery drivers.

Thousands of exhausted delivery drivers could pose a serious risk to health and safety, having to deal with the rush of online orders and being made to work up to 20 days in a row – The Guardian reports.

Government safety inspectors have supposedly been called to investigate the issue. Labour MP Frank Field, Chair of the Work and Pensions Select Committee, has called on executives to investigate Hermes and the affect the sales will have on the drivers.

Field asked the Health and Safety Executive “to ensure the company’s actions do not put the safety of its couriers as well as road users at risk” claiming that “a risk of tiredness [...] towards the end of the 20-day stretch” could mean disaster.