April the month of safe driving for BL&P

THE Barbados Light and Power Company Ltd. (BL&P) has recognised the month of April as their Month of Safe Driving Awareness.

Throughout the month of April, there were many activities that took place all in the name of reminding staff of the importance of driving safely. Jennifer Blackman, Communications Coordinator, told The Barbados Advocate recently that the feedback they received from their staff members was incredibly overwhelming as people viewed the activities that took place as extremely worthwhile as some of them would have forgotten or did not practice some of the tips and driving practices as time progressed.

Blackman revealed that under the theme “Distracted Driving Awareness”, they kicked off the month with sharing plenty tips with staff members through social media and other mediums and revealed that they had a couple lectures, one of which was with the Barbados Road Safety Association. She added that two weeks ago, they had a defensive driving expert come in and go through a defensive driving programme to refresh the minds of their workers.

Managing Director of the BL&P, Roger Blackman, expressed that at the company, they were proud of the safety culture that they managed to cultivate and grow throughout the years.

“We see ourselves as leaders of safety and this [the month of activities] is just an extension of that,” he said.

Blackman explained that they wanted to broaden their reach and aid other persons through the daily messages on social media as well as other workshops to bring more awareness to the importance of driving safely and the dangers behind distracted driving.

He added that as a company that has a significant portion of their staff on the roads as a part of their daily duties, safe driving is an important area for them to focus on. He revealed that this year alone, they were proud that they were able to train about 60 employees, which is a representation of at least 30 per cent of their employed drivers.