– It is scary to see how much needed to do anything with. It is an industry that needs to be followed up. I know still that there is much left of the fight.
for over a year, she has campaigned for safer trailers driving on the roads in the north, after that she lost her son, Charlie, and Dan Lind. He died of the injuries he received after a meeting with foreign goods.
7. January 2019, Charlie Lind hit by a Lithuanian here in E8, Troms, norway. He ended up in a coma, but died at the end of the damage.
Photo: Marita B. Andersen / NRK
She has been named to this Year’s Teens, this Year’s Tromsøværing, this Year’s Vesteråling and has received the Astrid Gunnestads memorial prize for the fight she has fought on behalf of the transportnæringa.
But she does not intend to provide themselves with it.
the Changes I had hoped for happens slowly and it happens too little, ” she says.
Now, she has been a director of Transport and logistikkforbundet (TEL), which is one of Norway’s three trade unions for drivers. Where she has responsibility for transport and traffic safety.
She will that road safety should have a greater place in the budget and the focus that transport security should get a bigger place, both among industry, authorities and consumers.
– It is better to use the money to prevent accidents, than to use those to clean up. We have had a winter with many nasty accidents, and it could be seen differently with a different winter maintenance, ” explains Lind.
‘ve learned a lot in the last year
Lind has not worked with transportnæringa in this way before, but have education and experience with boards, management and this.
– I was born into bensinstasjonsbransjen, has had a lot of cooperation with the workshop and knows a lot about the industry. Especially in the past year has given me much insight and understanding, ” she says.
The more she has learned about transportnæringa, the more things she’ll see that can be done something to make the roads safer for everyone.
Met samferdselsministeren
In February she was invited to meet transport minister Knut Arild Hareide (KrF) and was personally handed his wish list to get better traffic safety on Norwegian roads.
Lind says she deliberately would not put forward the list as a requirement, but would like, and that it was a nice meeting.
Photo: Ramona Lind
Hareide said that he personally had a desire to hit the Ramona Lind because of her strong commitment and her great expertise.
Ramona is in many ways a mouthpiece for both trafikkofre, relatives, trade associations, professional drivers and others – it makes an impression, said Hareide.
Read more: This is the wish list Ramona Lind has given samferdselsministeren
At the top of the Ramonas wish list was a digital transportregister, to make sure vogntogene running in and out of the country, and what they are doing here in connection with the kabotasjekjøringen.
Tuesday night this week said Parliament yes to introduce digital transportregister, electronic tracking and faster de minimis communication to stop foreign carriers that violate the rules in Norway.
Read more: How to transportverstingene stopped Has distinguished himself in the industry
Leader in the Transport and logistikkforbundet, Dagfinn Evensen think many have lifted your hearing against her voice in the last year, even though she has been a part of the industry directly.
Brendan Evensen (65) started as a driver when he was 19 years old. Two years ago he went over to the newly established transport and logistikkforbundet.
Photo: Gunnar Nordvik / PHONE
– I think it is especially good that we get some new eyes to look at the challenges we have. We appreciate that she was on the board. She has already contributed a lot to improve the security of vintertransport in the north, ” says Evensen.
the Transport and logistikkforbundet (TEL) is the latest established fagforeninga for drivers in the country. Associated has been an important supporter of Ramona Lind the last year.
– It charms me that they are fearless. They are committed to get things done and not treading carefully. It is one of the reasons that I accepted the directorship of the PHONE, ” says Ramona Lind.
the Newspaper Nordland and NRK Nordland handing out the award this year’s teens. You need javascript to see the video.
the Newspaper Nordland and NRK Nordland handing out the award this year’s teens.
