BRAKE Road Safety Week 2022

Brake Road Safety Week 2022 took place between Monday 14th November and Sunday 20th November 2022 and Amey South-West Trunk Roads were delighted to support the campaign that championed SAFE ROADS FOR ALL. Thousands of schools, community groups and organisations got involved with BRAKE reaching many millions of people with this year’s message to ensure that everyone has the right to make safe and healthy journeys on our roads. To support the event, Amey teamed up with Largs Primary School to design a Road Safety Week mascot.

After much tough decision-making, PATIENT PENCIL was selected as the winner. Patient Pencil, designed by pupil Leah Mitchell, is inspired by The Pencil, a Largs monument that commemorates the Battle of Largs 1263, when the Scots defeated King Haco of Norway's troops on the shore at Largs, after 160 long ships got caught in a storm.

Patient Pencil aims to encourage road users and pedestrians to make more mindful journeys to ensure we have safe roads for all. Throughout the week, we shared some of Patient’s best road safety tips online to help keep you and your loved ones safe on the roads this winter and beyond. On Friday 9th December 2022, the Amey team stopped by Largs Primary School to present the winner with two life-size cut-outs of Patient Pencil as well as some stickers and other gifts for the school.