#ClaimingOurSpace − The 2nd World Youth Assembly for Road Safety took place in Stockholm on the 18th of February 2020, as an official pre-event of the 3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety. Young people claimed their space to safe mobility and at the decision-making table! It was the a global gathering of young people for road safety (YOURS), hosted by the World Health Organization (WHO).

The International Charitable Foundation “Assistance to the victims of road accidents” supports the idea of community activists to enter a separate course in traffic education in the school schedule, followed by a compulsory credit or examination.

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has registered and already started discussing bills, which will oblige road users, including pedestrians, to use special retro-reflective elements in the dark or in poor visibility.

According to the 2019 statistic of National Police of Ukraine, 3,454 citizens died in road accidents, 32,736 – were injured. See detailed statistics.

Thanks to technological advances, modern transportation may be silent but at the same time illegal: for safety reasons, the EU and the US have passed laws requiring electric trucks to make low-speed sounds.  Manufacturers are now competing in the unique sound of their brands.