Emergency ID

[lph]

strikes me that I've heard something about chipping a person's credit info into their wrist/arm area so that a person could just wave their arm over a scanner to pay for things.......

Yeah, well, that sounds a bit more handy than having a chip in your butt... (sorry, couldn't resist)

[ChickWithBrains]

I'll be the first to line up to be "chipped" once we can ensure that the data is encoded to be universally read and in the same format, and that the RFID won't set off the security alarms at the mall!!!

As for the cell phone: what baloney! I have worked in seven different hospital emergency rooms and we look for ID and cell phone on ALL trauma or unconscious people. And we use ICE. "It's a bomb" rationale is ridiculous and just a scary story. It costs nothing for you to do, YES emergency workers use it and look for it, so why not? Can't hurt, might help.

More and more ERs are getting savvy to the Road IDs, but they still look for traditional ID before they inspect "jewelry" that they may or may not need to take off when they check you out. If you have a trauma team that has never seen it before, you may get it passed over (sounds dumb but it's true, your vital signs are way more important than what your anklet says).

If you can carry traditional ID *on your person,* do it. If not, Road ID is the next best thing! (I like the tattoo idea too!!!)

[DebW]

Yeah, well, that sounds a bit more handy than having a chip in your butt... (sorry, couldn't resist)

I feel like I have that butt chip every time I walk into our office area. The doors have locks activated with prox cards that all employees carry. Sensor box is mounted at butt level, card is in wallet, wallet is in rear pants pocket, backing up to door/sensor opens lock. I once had a friend try to feel me up to figure out how I opened the door. Good thing she was a friend and she was feeling too high.

In terms of carrying ID on the bike, if your wallet fits in your pants pocket, it's very easy to transfer your wallet from your pants pocket to your jersey pocket when you ride. Then you've got all the ID, insurance cards, credit cards, cash, etc with you.

[Tuckervill]

Just a little note about RFID. The medical records are not stored in the chip. Only the identifying information that gives access to the medical records located somewhere else is stored there.

That said, whoever said they would never want to be chipped because of all that scary "show me your papers" stuff....I guess we'll be disappearing off into the woods together! I started getting worried about that kind of stuff when they started being able to track your purchases at the grocery store through your shopper card, and connect it through your debit card to your bank account. (It's indirect but it's there.) When I REALLY got worried was when computers got powerful enough to manage all that data on everyone in the country just from one itty bitty laptop.

Kroger used to know when I last bought tampons. (Think China and forced birth control.) I don't use shoppers cards.

Karen, not usually conspiratorial, but why take chances?

[Surlygirl]

I have the Ankle road ID and I like it. Like Smilingcat I put it on my handlebars everytime I finish a ride so its there and I don't have to look for it.
I never even notice it when its on. I've also used it in a pinch to secure my wheel from spinning on the car bike rack