Road signs not ‘hazardous’

The Barbados Road Safety Association (BRSA) has recently placed 3-foot markers to warn road users about the upcoming  potholes, however, these warning markers are not hazardous.

 

President of the BRSA, Sharmane Roland-Bowen told The Barbados Advocate recently that these road markers were the opposite of hazardous as they were used as a way to prevent further accidents. 

 

“Our first and foremost priority is prevention and we are committed to road users,” she explained.

 

The President explained that this is where education through road safety comes in as the markers are placed to educate road users of the upcoming hazard. She pointed out that there are no other warning signs anywhere in the island that indicates to users of the potholes. 

 

Her colleague, Carson Lee, an executive member of the BRSA described the poles and pointed out that they were mainly three feet tall with a brightly coloured flag attached. He added that there are no words on the flag which do not provide a distraction to the road users. 

 

The President expressed that she saw placing the markers to warn users of the danger as their duty. She explained that she believed it was a duty that was neglected by the authorities. 

 

Wednesday would have been the beginning of the initiative and Roland-Bowen revealed that the support the BRSA received from the general public  was quite positive as many persons expressed to them that they were grateful that their pleas were being heard by someone and things were being put in place to solve these problems. 

 

She believed that as a non-government organisation whose mandate is to educate on prevention and saving lives, the markers are something that are necessary until the problem of potholes is permanently fixed. She went on to say that the markers were the next best thing that could be done until the problem is rectified.