Australia’s worst food delivery driver has fled the country after racking up hundreds of demerit points and allegedly stealing a motorbike.
New South Wales Police have issued an arrest warrant for the 23-year-old French national, who was given an extraordinary 385 demerit points while carrying out deliveries for Hungry Panda and other services.
But the chase might be futile after pPolice told the Daily Mail Australia on Wednesday that by the time the warrant was issued on June 19, the Frenchman had already been missing for some time.
“Officers attached to the Traffic and Highway Patrol Command have been carrying out enquiries into the whereabouts of a 23-year-old man and attended an address in Zetland on Friday 7 June 2024,” police said.
“However, it was not possible to locate him and subsequent investigations revealed that the man had left Australia on Thursday 6 June 2024.”
The driver’s appalling record, built up over just over six months in Australia, also extended to the fact that he rented a black Yamaha scooter from City Car King in Alexandria, Sydney, on March 21 and allegedly failed to return it. The Daily Telegraph previously reported
The Frenchman destroyed the bike’s $400 tracker so he could keep the scooter untraceable while working for several food delivery companies.
The delivery motorbike driver was stopped by Ryde Highway Patrol and later racked up 385 demerit points and has now fled the country.
The 23-year-old French national has been given 385 demerit points since arriving in Australia late last year, but police cannot find him (file image)
The man’s shocking driving record was discovered after NSW Police highway patrol officers requested his full record from Transport NSW due to his repeated offences.
It was while riding the Yamaha that the Frenchman received hundreds of demerit points, police said.
The motorcyclist was found guilty of grand theft and destruction of property in June, but the verdict was handed down in his absence after he failed to show up to court on multiple occasions.
The motorcyclist always showed his international license to the police when they stopped him.
Police said they were not in charge of the demerit system and that it was the responsibility of Transport NSW, which also maintains the points tally.
The French citizen constantly changes his address and does not appear in court. New South Wales police now have an arrest warrant for the delivery man (stock image of a food delivery man)
A Transport for NSW spokesperson said they were “actively managing the case” with both police and Revenue NSW.
Surprisingly, bike theft is not the only problem the Sydney-based company has had to deal with.
One staff member said they did not recall the Frenchman renting the scooter because “they have about 50 cases of people stealing bikes.”
“They come here, some people don’t even try to rent, they just steal a bike and leave… we give all the information to the police,” the staff member said.
