The High Price of Fast Delivery: Amazon Contractors are Crashing, But the Company Does Not Take Responsibility

'Online shopping continues to grow more and more convenient. Shoppers browse around for items on Amazon, plugin payment information and a few days later, the items arrive at their home. For some, the box just magically appears on their doorstep. But according to Patricia Callahan, a senior reporter at ProPublica, there is a human cost to those deliveries. Since 2015, Callahan has been looking into an underlying layer within this industry, that many may not be paying attention to. Throughout the country, drivers have been involved in crashes while delivering Amazon products — and fast delivery may be to blame.' -- The Takeaway