Road ID

[mom2twins]

SpinSis you can order a Road ID tag here http://www.roadid.com/ I had one when I used to run but I can't find it now. I guess I should order another one.

btw, I had the dogtag style that goes around the neck and it never bothered me when I ran so that's probably what I'll get again.

[Trekhawk]

Thanks Everyone
I think I will go with the Fixx which goes around your neck. Denise thanks for the tips on what info to provide.

[bikerchick68]

trekhawk... I ordered from Road ID and was very happy with the product... more expensive than the pet store but worth it IF something happens to know my family will be able to be called asap!

I ordered the necklace one for vanity reasons... the wrist one would just add ANOTHER tan line to my already large collection! The necklace one I just tuck into the front of my jersey and I never really notice it...

I ride alone a lot so this is important for me... just in case!

[Trekhawk]

bikerchick68 - Good to hear you were happy with the id I will definitely go with the neck one. I always ride on my own so it will make me feel safe and happy knowing if I keel over someone will know who to ring.

Thanks Trekhawk

[RoadRaven]

I have made little business card sized things with name, birth date, contact phone numbers, doctor, cycling club and blood groups on and had them laminated for the cyclists in this house. They live in the under-seat bags with the spare tyre and cell phone. That way we don't have to remember to take ID - its alwys there.

But I must admit, I hadn't considered necklace or bracelet ID - might look into that too

Good discussion - thanks ladies

[Dogmama]

I have made little business card sized things with name, birth date, contact phone numbers, doctor, cycling club and blood groups on and had them laminated for the cyclists in this house. They live in the under-seat bags with the spare tyre and cell phone. That way we don't have to remember to take ID - its alwys there.

But I must admit, I hadn't considered necklace or bracelet ID - might look into that too

Good discussion - thanks ladies

I have been told that cops, paramedics, etc., never look in bike bags because they don't think there is anything in there (besides tubes and half eaten, sticky power bars) so an ID on your body is the best way to go.

That comes from my husband (retired cop) and his two kids (both paramedics.) As somebody else said - in an emergency they don't think to check for things like shoe IDs, pack, IDs & the like. If it's an ID that is hanging from your bod, it's a little tough to miss.

PS - I vote for the ankle ID.

[SadieKate]

I have been told that cops, paramedics, etc., never look in bike bags because they don't think there is anything in there (besides tubes and half eaten, sticky power bars) so an ID on your body is the best way to go.

That comes from my husband (retired cop) and his two kids (both paramedics.) As somebody else said - in an emergency they don't think to check for things like shoe IDs, pack, IDs & the like.

Why? If I were a pedestrian and hit by a car so my purse was lying several feet away, would they ignore it? I'm sorry, I just don't get why they wouldn't scan all the detritus near by. Helmets even have little bitty stickers inside so you can write your name there. If a body is thrown from a car, don't they look in the car for ID?

[Technotart]

Yes they gather SOME things - but when things are scattered far and wide, land in tall grass or over the side of a ravine, and you are needing to be lifted out fast, they leave a lot of stuff behind. Not everything is found. They arent going to waste time trying to find stuff when the priority is getting you out of there and to a place where the right help is available.

12 years ago I was in a minivan, and was hit by a drunk driver at 70 mph head on - my eyeglasses were found nearly 75 yards down the road...by someone who knew me...a few days later...

Unless the shoes are absolutly knocked off - the shoes go along and I can say from an er nurses perspective that if the person was a runner or a biker we did check shoes!