{"id":13691,"date":"2018-12-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/ungt-folk-og-umferdaroryggi-sameiginleg-alyktun\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T09:01:13","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T09:01:13","slug":"young-people-and-road-safety-a-shared-conclusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/ungt-folk-og-umferdaroryggi-sameiginleg-alyktun\/","title":{"rendered":"Young people and road safety \u2013 a joint resolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Birta Gu\u00f0n\u00fd \u00c1rnad\u00f3ttir and Lilja \u00c1rs\u00f3l<br \/>\nThe Bjarkadottirs went on behalf of the Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Youth Council to a seminar organised by<br \/>\nThe Grindav\u00edkurb\u00e6r Youth Council, which received a grant from<br \/>\nErasmus+ to organise a symposium on young people and road safety.&nbsp;<br \/>\nAround seventeen youth councils took part in the symposium. Also present were the Minister of Transport and Local Government, Sigur\u00f0ur Ingi J\u00f3hannsson, \u00de\u00f3r\u00f3lfur \u00c1rnason, Director of Transport Authority, Kolbr\u00fan G. \u00deorsteinsd\u00f3ttir from Transport Authority, and others.<br \/>\nDear guests. The attendees were divided into groups and asked for ideas about<br \/>\nhow traffic safety can be improved in this country. The seminar was held on the days<br \/>\n8th-9th November in Grindav\u00edk.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>See the R\u00daV news report from the seminar.  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ruv.is\/sjonvarp\/spila\/frettir-kl-19-00\/23879?ep=7gbus8\">Here<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 see at the 10th minute<\/p>\n<p>Following the seminar, the youth councils sent a joint statement to the government.<\/p>\n<h4>Joint resolution from seventeen youth councils&nbsp;<\/h4>\n<p>Representatives of youth councils at the seminar <strong>Our traffic safety is a matter of concern! <\/strong>call on the government to further strengthen education and prevention in road safety and to present a clear strategy and action plan for improvements to public transport and the road network. The success in reducing accidents involving young people in traffic shows that raising the driving age is not the most urgent priority. Increased education and a focus on prevention are tools that must be utilised, and teaching on road safety at all school levels must be significantly enhanced.<\/p>\n<p>It is essential to inform foreign drivers about conditions in Iceland and to improve conditions for tourists. Furthermore, it is long overdue that single-lane bridges are eliminated. In the opinion of young people, it is necessary to separate traffic in both directions on busy roads. Technology will completely transform traffic in Iceland in the coming years, and it is vital to start preparing both the road network and road users for these changes now. Young people are ready to take part in this policymaking. Road safety is our issue!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00de\u00e6r Birta Gu\u00f0n\u00fd \u00c1rnad\u00f3ttir og Lilja \u00c1rs\u00f3l Bjarkad\u00f3ttir f\u00f3ru fyrir h\u00f6nd Ungmennar\u00e1\u00f0s Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar \u00e1 m\u00e1l\u00feing \u00e1 vegum Ungmennar\u00e1\u00f0s Grindarv\u00edkurb\u00e6jar sem f\u00e9kk styrk fr\u00e1 Eramus+ til \u00feess a\u00f0 standa fyrir m\u00e1l\u00feingi um ungt f\u00f3lk og umfer\u00f0ar\u00f6ryggi.&nbsp; Um sautj\u00e1n ungmennar\u00e1\u00f0 t\u00f3ku \u00fe\u00e1tt \u00e1 m\u00e1l\u00feinginu. Einnig m\u00e6ttu til leiks samg\u00f6ngu- og sveitarstj\u00f3rnarr\u00e1\u00f0herra Sigur\u00f0ur Ingi J\u00f3hannsson, \u00de\u00f3r\u00f3lfur \u00c1rnason forstj\u00f3ri [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13691\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13691"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}