ID for Riding?

[Madride]

My mom wants me to get some kind of ID bracelet or something to wear when I ride so that people will know who to call if I am in an accident. Do any of you wear any ID? What can I get that doesn't look totally ridiculous?

[pardes]

Aren't Moms wonderful? Did you get the warning to remember to wear clean underwear in case you're in an accident?

ID's are a very important thing to have when biking. It's also wise to have emergency contact information included with your ID.

A bracelet isn't the only way to do it. I carry a small folding wallet in a pocket. ID's won't help if they are on the bike and not on your body should an ambulance cart you away unconscious (Perish the thought).

[oxysback]

http://www.roadid.com/Common/default.aspx

These are really good. I have the ankle one. I know a lot of people here have them, also.

[Jolt]

I have a Road ID also--mine is the dog-tag one so I can just tuck it inside my shirt and it's unobtrusive. The wrist or ankle one would have bugged me, I think.

[wildhawk]

Dog tag is an excellent idea!! I usually tuck my ID into the front handlebar bag in a snack-size ziploc bag, but that does not do any good if I am separated from my bike. Where did you get the dog tag?

[ilima]

I carry my ID, $ and a laminated copy of my insurance card in a small hippie changepurse I keep in my back pocket. A friend who's a Type 1 diabetic wears an alert necklace.

[OakLeaf]

I have a Road ID also--mine is the dog-tag one so I can just tuck it inside my shirt and it's unobtrusive. The wrist or ankle one would have bugged me, I think.

I just tried on an ankle one at the running shoe store, and it's VERY unobtrusive. I didn't even know it was there. I don't like anything on my wrists, either.

But I'm concerned about identity theft with anything that you send away for, with that much personal information. Unlike credit card identity theft, the legal protections for health care identity theft are pretty minimal, and more importantly you may not find out about it until much too late. If you're going to wear a dog tag, why not just get one of the ones you make yourself in the store for $5? (If you don't mind it being shaped like a bone or a heart )

[TrekTheKaty]

I wear a roadID that goes in your shoelaces. Don't have to worry about forgetting it. If you go to their website and read the testimonials, you will buy one for every member of your family. Some guy was hit by a car and was unconscious. It was 24 hrs before they could identify him and notify his family (and they didn't have his medical history).

[HoosierGiant]

Another Road ID user.

Finish a ride, strap it to my bars, impossible to forget the next time out.