Stamp it Out to Juice up conflict management training
Stamp it Out, the Safer Highways led programme designed to highlight and make socially unacceptable roadworker abuse have turned to Juice Learning to produce its free to access conflict management training. Having previously engaged with several providers to provide a customised, off the shelf option, the sponsors of the project elected to go back to […]
Stamp it Out call on clients and contractors for support as they launch a commitment pledge
Stamp it Out, the industry wide programme designed to eliminate roadworker abuse have issued a rallying call to clients and contactors alike with the launch of its commitment document. With roadworker abuse becoming a subject which is high on the agenda of many within the supply chain Stamp it Out, the industry wide programme designed […]
Date announced for Stamp it Out summit at House of Lords
The date has been announced for this year’s high-level Stamp it Out breakfast summit around tackling roadworker abuse and incursions into worksites. Taking place on 27th June at the House of Lords, Westminster, and commencing at 8.30, the event will be invitation only and designed to empower business leaders to see the abuse of the […]
Stamp it Out “Jarvis” app launches in Lincolnshire with Balfour Beatty
This week marked another milestone in the rollout of the Stamp it Out app as Lincolnshire Highways became the second local authority to adopt the system for the reporting of abuse and incursions at its inaugural “Boots on the Ground” event. Taking place at the Balfour Beatty Living Places Depot in Sleaford the event brought […]
Member of public threatens roadworkers with axe
Frightening footage has emerged of a traffic management crew being threatened by a male member of the public with an axe. Believed to have taken place on the A36 between Beckington and Rode in Somerset the shocking video shows two traffic management operatives repeatedly threatened by the individual brandishing a dangerous weapon, reports Safer Highways. […]
Southampton City Council lead the fight with zero tolerance message around roadworker abuse
Southampton City Council, working with its contractors Balfour Beatty Living Places and Chapter 8 TM to reinforce a zero tolerance message around roadworker abuse. It is another key milestone for the Safer Highways led #stampitout campaign, Southampton City Council alongside its delivery partners Balfour Beatty Living Places and Chapter 8 TM have united against roadworker […]
Balfour Beatty Living Places to roll out abuse app across local authority contracts
The Stamp it Out led abuse reporting app now to move into a phased roll out amongst the Balfour Beatty Living Places local authority contracts. Following a successful deployment on the National Highways A63 improvement works, the Safer Highways led Roadworker abuse app now enters its second phase of deployment as it rolls out across […]
Highway maintenance worker’s foot run over by man in ‘heated’ argument
A heated argument in Kingsthorpe, Northampton ended in a highways maintenance worker’s foot being ran over by a car. The altercation took place on Friday, September 17 when a row occurred between the driver of a Mercedes and the maintenance worker between Welford Road and Harborough Road in the area. The worker was then driven […]
Kent County Council operatives verbally abused and worker struck by driver
More evidence has emerged of road workers being abused by members of the public this week. A group of Kent County Council operatives were verbally abused and a worker struck by a driver who drove above cones and signs, dragging them along the roads and causing workers to jump out the way as he drove […]
Highways sector tackling abuse head on according to Safer Highways Vice Chair
The highways industry is meeting the challenge of eradicating road worker abuse because of the on-going work of the Stamp It Out campaign, according to Joe Docherty, Vice Chairman of Safer Highways. He was speaking about the progress of the campaign on BBC Radio Hereford and Worcester this week. This follows a report by the […]
