Road IDs- who uses one?

[KnottedYet]

I have the ankle one which I wear all the time. (I just don't take it off) and a wrist one which I keep looped on my helmet strap and put on my wrist whenever I ride.

I bought SKnot the ankle one, and he promptly lost it. Sigh.

[MomOnBike]

Mine's on my shoe. My bike shoes go on, so does the ID. I put it there so I couldn't forget.

I do get grief from Younger Daughter, though, about my toe tag.

[Trek420]

I bought SKnot the ankle one, and he promptly lost it. Sigh.

Knott, get that jeenious boy a microchip He can't loose that. He is really smart, TE.

Dogtag type, I always wear it. Never know when I'll just wander off and forget where I was.

Side a) numbers of all the people who would care for my mutt. They in turn have family emergency numbers or I hope they do.

Side b) "don't tell me what I can't do"

Also have emergency numbers stored as I.C.E. in my cell phone.

[liberty]

Yup, me too. I have the shoe one and it is permanently velcro'd to my road shoes. And I also carry my cell phone with the ICE number in there.

[oxysback]

Hubby got ankle ones for both of us for Christmas. I wear mine every time I ride. It's very comfortable and gives me good peace of mind.

[horserider]

can someone please explain to me what ICE is for your cell phone?




horserider

[lizbids]

I *just* bought an ankle ID...thanks for the much-needed reminder!

[liberty]

ICE means In Case of Emergency. Basically it is your emergency contact phone number. I have two registered. One to reach my parents, the other to reach my brother. Instead of mine saying "mom and dad" in the registery it says "ICE". The emergency workers can scroll through your phone numbers and when they see "ICE" they know who to call about the emergency.

[Wahine]

can someone please explain to me what ICE is for your cell phone?




horserider

In Case of Emergency.

[Trek420]

Another good idea is to keep the P.OT.S. (that's plain ol' telephone service, folks) local numbers for police and medical of the town you live in and areas you ride in programed into the cell.

From your land line if you call 911 they know precisely where you are even if you can't speak (unless you have phone service on cable or VOIP).

But if I call 911 from my cell I reach highway patrol....in Sacramento....by the time they transfer me to Northern Ca Bay Area and a few more times closer and closer to the local dispatcher precious seconds can be lost.

Whether you need help or someone else does it's easy to do and could save a life.

You can find the local dispatchers number in your phone book.

[horserider]

i should add those to my cell phone. i also ride horses with a cell phone in the summer with a fix-a phone arm band, i keep the phone on vibrate or slient so i don't spook the horse.




horserider

[Aggie_Ama]

Now that I have a permanent address, I am going to order one. I am thinking I will get the ankle one. Anyone know how the wrist one for small wrists?

Trek- My cell phone actually called the local dispatch when my husband and I got firecrackers thrown at us. I need to store the non-emergency number for the crazy dogs I keep meaning to report.

[wannaduacentury]

I got a pink wrist one late fall. I really like it. Since I have small wrists and ankles, I wear the wrist one either way and it's great.
They also send you coupons and I gave them to my friends in my bike club so they can get one. Jennifer

[tygab]

I have one, wrist style, bright yellow. I wear it when I ride & learned about it here. It just makes sense to have something like this. It fits my very small wrist fine. My husband has one too (shoes) but hasn't put it on them (I just asked). We got one for our friend and city cyclist who got wrist style.

[DDH]

I have a blue wrist band one. I wore it all last summer while riding and had a nice stripe across my wrist from not getting sun there. LOL

Plus my hands were white and arms tan, from the gloves. LOL

I carry it with me every time I ride. If I don't feel like having it on my wrist then I strap it somewhere, but I always take it. The velcro on them is very strong so your not likely to lose it anywhere.