Interested drivers and passengers can learn about the equipment used by Brisa workers, namely for patrolling, signalling, and road repair, including road assistance vans, trailers with message boards or transportable shock absorbers, between 8 am and 4 pm on 24 June, at a service station on the A1 in Leiria.

The objective of this equipment display, explained Teresa Nobre, Director of Safety and Health at the Brisa Group, to Lusa, is for drivers to recognise the equipment, understand what it is doing, and adopt defensive driving when passing through these roadwork areas, thereby protecting themselves, the workers, and other users.

"Slow down, pay extra attention and, above all, drive within the speed limits set for this location, understanding that there are employees on the road working for everyone's safety," he reinforced.

With the exception of the fatal hit-and-run of a road maintenance worker (Nuno Santos, 43 years old) on the A6 motorway, near Évora, in June 2021, caused by the official car in which the then Minister of Home Affairs, Eduardo Cabrita, was travelling, Brisa has not recorded any other fatal cases involving employees working on motorways.

This awareness campaign for the safety of workers on motorways, the third that Brisa has carried out, is promoted by the European Professional Association of Road Infrastructure Operators (ASECAP) in several European countries, but this year it includes a component dedicated to the health and well-being of professional drivers.