The protection of the rights and interests of food delivery drivers under extreme weather conditions has always been a hot topic of social concern. According to the Rule of Law Daily, under the platform system's dispatch mode, some new format workers are facing the problem of not being able to freely choose whether to accept orders. Liu An (pseudonym), a delivery person specializing in food delivery on a certain platform, told reporters that after the system dispatches the order, the delivery person can choose to deliver or transfer it to someone else, but if no one picks it up, they have to deliver it themselves. Regarding this, Liu An expressed his hope that in extreme weather conditions, the platform can adjust the delivery rules and choose whether to voluntarily accept orders. From the risk of being blown to the corner by strong winds and people, to the danger of "heat stroke and fainting" that may be encountered in high temperatures of 40 ℃, extreme weather brings not only a simple increase in "delivery difficulty coefficient" to food delivery riders, but also a survival test directly related to their life safety. In the face of such meteorological disasters, platform enterprises should not only focus on order volume and delivery time, but also give the most basic "order choice" to delivery drivers. This is not only the responsibility of enterprises to ensure employee safety, but also the most genuine respect for the right to life. The "option to accept orders" here includes two types of questions: "whether to accept orders" and "how to accept orders". The former refers to the right of delivery drivers to choose to take leave in extreme weather conditions, and the platform shall not punish them for any reason; The latter refers to the freedom for delivery drivers to choose whether or not to accept a certain order. In terms of the leave mechanism for delivery drivers under extreme weather conditions, the abnormal classification of employment within the platform often leads to a "dual track system" in protecting the rights and interests of delivery drivers. As a professor from the School of Labor Economics at Capital University of Economics and Business said, "In windy weather, some crowdsourced delivery riders on food delivery platforms can skip work, but specialized delivery riders cannot take leave." Under the assessment indicators of "attendance rate" and "order volume" on the platform, specialized delivery riders who sign fixed delivery agreements often find themselves in a dilemma of "not taking leave is afraid of danger, and taking leave is afraid of deduction". The platform's practice of making them choose between "income loss" and "safety risk" is itself a systemic injustice, making specialized delivery riders "forced adventurers" in extreme weather conditions. In this regard, the platform should be aware that the natural risks faced by food delivery drivers will not differ due to "different employment classifications". Therefore, the right to leave and protection mechanisms under extreme weather conditions should equally cover all drivers, and specialized delivery drivers should also have the right to leave. In addition, granting delivery drivers the freedom to choose and accept orders in extreme weather conditions is particularly crucial. As the "front-line personnel", the delivery staff have a more sensitive perception of the potential threats they may encounter during the delivery. They know which road sections are more likely to accumulate water in the rainstorm, and which corridors have a greater risk of falling objects in the gale. Returning the right to choose orders freely to the riders is essentially a respect for their subject status and life safety: let the people who know the potential risks best decide whether to "go this way", so that the rational judgment of the delivery staff can truly play a role in self-protection in risk prevention. To truly protect the rights and interests of riders, in addition to the "right to choose orders", it is also necessary to weave a comprehensive safety protection net. Firstly, the platform can establish a special protection fund for extreme weather, provide corresponding insurance for delivery drivers who choose to work, equip emergency rescue teams, etc., so that the "voluntary acceptance" of riders is based on sufficient risk hedging. Secondly, communities can establish "rider stations" to proactively open up rest areas in extreme weather conditions, forming a social level care linkage. The most important thing is to re-examine the consumer group's "immediate dependence" on food delivery services. Before extreme weather arrives, can consumers prepare important material reserves in advance to reduce the demand for external vendors in extreme weather and provide a "risk buffer zone" for riders from the source of supply and demand. When every order taken by delivery drivers in extreme weather becomes a voluntary choice, and when the entire society places reverence and respect for life safety as the top priority, we can truly usher in a warm delivery ecosystem. After all, what is more important than 'food delivery' is to ensure that every rider can 'safely arrive'.(outlook new era)