Health & Safety
Road Safety Week a Winner
As part of Brakes' National Road Safety Week, Balfour Beatty Utility Solutions hired a Mobile Exhibition Unit to visit employees at different depots and sites each day to present a road safety awareness session.
Attendees were given a presentation and asked to watch a DVD, produced by Brake - the road safety charity - called 'Too Busy to Kill'.
On completion of the session, employees signed a 12 point pledge to drive safely and offered suggestions on how to further improve road safety.
Everyone who attended was handed a free gift bag with essential driving tools with key safety messages and tyre depth gauges, ice scrapers and a copy of the newly revised Highway Code.
The Mobile Unit toured the country, and in the North West region visited Penrith, Worsley, Bamber Bridge, Whitebirk, Blackburn, Rugby, Redditch, Droitwich, Exewater, Greendale and Roundswell. Some sessions attracted over 500 attendees - including clients, who were impressed with the way in which road safety information was provided.
Brakes' main theme for Road Safety Week is Child Pedestrian and Cyclist Safety, and already planned for 2008 are new ways of working with local schools, businesses and stakeholders.
Walking Bus Project
A 'walking bus' project is just one way of introducing road safety to young children. These children can only benefit from the importance of these skills learnt early on.
By continuing to create new and innovative ideas for the future, BBUS hope to further reduce road traffic collisions and promote safer driving to both its employees and the public.
A Road Safety team consisting of Dave Washbourne (Driver Trainer) and Nicola Barrowclough (Project Assistant) from BBUS, and Steve Wetham and Ian Broomhead from MCM Insurance toured the country to promote road safety.
The road safety sessions were welcomed by all, and there was fantastic feedback and suggestions on how the company could help improve road safety and driver training.
December 2007