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[Pascale]

Oh, Pascale -- your hubby sounds like mine! He'd probably be happier if I made sure I had contact information with me too(though he doesn't need it, wouldn't carry it or wear it), but no riding on the roads, no going so fast, that sort of thing -- all stuff it's okay for HIM to do, but if I got hurt, "it would be worse!"

Karen in Boise

Wow, they must be twins!

[KnottedYet]

I just ordered a red wrist road ID and a red ankle one over the phone. They have nice folks working at that company! 1-800-345-6336.

[run it, ride it]

I have the wrist ID, solely because I am accident prone. I seriously debated having "ACCIDENT PRONE" put on the last line, but decided upon "RUN IT, RIDE IT."

My horse flipped over on me in a highway ditch last summer. I was knocked out long enough for him to take off along the highway. When I came to, I didn't remember having even gone out on the ride. Thankfully some people picked me up in their car to chase after him and we were reunited without incident, but it could have been a lot worse. I've heard horror stories of riderless horses running down highways--even if they're caught, it could take hours to figure out where they came from. And if the rider is unconscious with no horse in sight, non-horsey scene respondents might not make the connection.

If someone finds me unconscious in a riding helmet, the "RIDE IT" part might spark something. I also have a tag on my saddle with the barn address, phone number and my cell number (cell is clipped to my waistband at all times). My cell also has the barn address and phone number clearly listed.

Redundancy is certainly not a bad thing from a safety standpoint. In addition to the RoadID, I keep a Fox40 whistle on me when I go running or cycling on trails with no cell reception. Nothing worse than when you fall and can't get up and have to drag yourself to help!

[SJCzar]

No Dar, I can't blame that one on the tent. I set it down along with my favorite pair of gloves while pumping up my tires on the last day of the ride and was so eager to get going that I forgot them both. I checked at the Wheel & Sprocket rest stop and no one had turned them in.

I must say that it wasn't a bad thing because the new one really is much more comfortable then the old one. It also seems like they made the velco strip longer.

[Nanci]

I had a horse get killed running down a road. (She was loaned out, I was a teenager, it was the first horse I bought all by myself, a friend asked to borrow her, I said ok, if she herself rode the horse and let the friend ride her horse, but she didn't, and my horse was green broke, and the friend fell off, no one ever covered the replacement cost, didn't get another horse for quite a while...)

An ankle Road ID would probably fit on a horse's pastern...

My Road ID has name, allergies, organ donor, BF's number, sister (MD's) number, city, health insurance company, blood type (though I am told this doesn't matter, they type, of course, before giving blood) and I am not sure if I put my SS# on it or not.

[Crankin]

I got the wrist ID this spring (Denise convinced me). I do have drug allergies and asthma, so i thought that was important to note. I also have my husband's and son's cell numbers on there, because they are always on. But, I do still carry my wallet (it's very tiny, fits in a jersey pocket) with my insurance card and all of my other stuff, and my cell phone. I've been going on larger group rides this summer and I notice that no one else has one. I have had a few people ask me about it. Some of these people ride with NOTHING that has ID and they have been riding for years. Just stupid....

[MomOnBike]

I'm not too sure about putting the ID on the horses pastern, there's an awful lot of action down there.

An ID on the bridle, though....

[run it, ride it]

I ID the saddle. A loose horse is likely to break or slip out of a bridle.

[crazycanuck]

The road I.D concept is wonderful however i've not seen anything like this down this way..

Snappypix,lighsabre & the other down under chickies...do you have anything like this???

LIghtsabre-i'm sure you'd be able to find something like it in brissie... If you do, let me know.

hmmmm...

c

[Nanci]

When I lived in MN, we put flea collars on all four pasterns all the time to go trail riding, to keep the ticks off. Otherwise, even with spray, which the wet grass would wash off, you could pick (I am not exaggerating) a couple hundred ticks off each leg. And put them on Ticker Tape!! At least the ticks up there are big enough to see- not like Florida micro ticks...We always put those sport boots on them, too- they all had their own set in pretty colors. I miss horses.

[Pascale]

An ID on the saddle is a great idea, if your horse is loose with a saddle on.

Here's a website that sells ID's for horses - they are quite popular in hurricane zones, where evacuation preparation is common.

http://sonshinecomputing.org/id12.html

[DeniseGoldberg]

The road I.D concept is wonderful however i've not seen anything like this down this way..

I wonder if it would be worth an email to RoadID to ask them if they have considered a distributor in other countries. Or if they know of someone with a similar product. Or maybe they can ship to Australia without exhorbitant customs fees (OK, so maybe I'm dreaming).

--- Denise

[DebW]

I'm thinking of getting the bare ID and putting it on my watch band. I already wear a 1 inch wide velcro watch band much like the RoadID band. Maybe RoadID could make a watchband version? I love multi-use items.

[MomOnBike]

For all that I totally understand and love the flea collar on pastern thing - did the pet store think you had a bunch of dogs? a dashchund kennel? I'd still put the ID on my horse's headstall. It's right at the rescuer's eye level, specific to the individual horse (unlike the saddle), somewhat less likely to get lost, and is a logical place for such stuff. How many people would think to look for ID on a pastern? Not me, or anyone I know.

Come to think of it, maybe it's time to check the dogs name tag. There's a lot of action there, too, and this thread has me wondering if the info is still legible on Monty's tag.

Oh, Monnnntyyyy...

(It's OK, but the dog is confused "What was THAT all about?")

[RoadRaven]

The road I.D concept is wonderful however i've not seen anything like this down this way..

Snappypix,lighsabre & the other down under chickies...do you have anything like this???

I have been looking for something since I first saw ROAD ID discussed here
You can buy cheap "junk metal" 'dog tags' here from places like Hallensteins (do you get Hallensteins over the ditch?) but I haven't seen ones the right size - saw perfect ones the other day - two on a chain for $20 ... but one of the tags had 'trendy' holes in it and the other had some kind've red synthetic stuff on one side - rendering them both useless for my purposes.

You can buy silver 'dog tags' from the jewellers - but thats about $60 for one...

And the cheap ones will be more resistant to wear and tear anyways.

I might just have to give up and use ROAD ID - gonna enquire about a discount for my family next week.