Drivers idle cars for hours daily with no waiting areas at restaurants

Delivery drivers idle their cars for 3-5 hours per shift while waiting for orders in restaurant parking lots, because turning off the engine means losing air conditioning that keeps both them comfortable and insulated bags at temperature in summer heat. A full-time driver burns 1-2 extra gallons of gas per day just idling, which at current prices eats $150-200 per month out of already thin earnings. This is not laziness — many restaurants have no indoor waiting area for drivers, and sitting in a 140-degree parked car in Phoenix or Houston is genuinely dangerous. The problem persists because delivery platforms externalize all vehicle costs to drivers and restaurants have no incentive to provide driver waiting areas since drivers are not their customers.