Road ID...Anybody got one?

[tantrumbean]

https://www.roadid.com/common/id.aspx#wrist

Came across this on a thread on another cycling forum, it looks like quite a good idea - especially as I'm out on my own on the bike quite a lot and about to start commuting at night. At the moment I have emergency numbers in my phone, but obviously that might get broken in an accident or be somewhere at the bottom of my bag where nobody is looking. Also, there is no way of putting in allergies, etc. so road id looks good - and I quite like the actual look of the wristband as well.

Does anybody on here have one? What kind of info have you put on it? Anybody ever needed it?

I need to work out the $-£ exchange rate, but I'm definitely tempted....Any views?

[Grog]

Your pounds are worth lots of US $, I can tell you that.

Just google "20 usd in pounds" to find out: 13.76 pounds.

I have a RoadID wristband. I also had two different FiXX (neck tag) but it started bothering me when I was running, as it jiggled around a little and irritated my neck.

My husband and his dad have both been equipped with wristbands.

My mother has the ShoeID.

They all wear it faithfully.

I have the following info (with explanations in brackets)

FIRSTNAME LASTNAME 77 (my year of birth)
Vancouver BC Canada
Chris (Partner) His-Cell-Number
In-Laws Their-Phone-Number (my in-laws are in town)
Brother His-Phone-Number (my parents' place of residence varies, my brother stays put in another town)
NKA (means "no known allergies") A POS (my blood type, which is useless because they would crosscheck anyway) ORG DONOR (because I really care about that one)

I much, much recommend that you get something similar and that you wear it faithfully.

[ClockworkOrange]

Just a cheaper alternative, with something most people have these days.

I thought it was a good idea after hearing about ICE (In case of emergency).

If I was in an accident, providing my phone was not totally trashed, I have three ICE contacts.

The first is info about me, the second about my partner and the third my son.

I just typed the info in a Word document then took a photo of it with my mobile. My mobile is not an expensive one, so I expect most can take photo's.



Clock

[HillSlugger]

There have been several threads about RoadID. Try a search.

I've got one on an ankle strap.
Name
city and state
home phone
spouse phone
parent's phone
drug allergies

[Pink Diva]

I have one, and I love mine! I have my name, city, state, country (like I'm going to bike outside the US, but ya never know ), my home phone, my husband's cell, and my mother's number in case all else fails...then of course my mantra: One More Mile!

I have a wrist one, but I'm thinking about getting the ankle one for use with my road bike, and I'll use the wrist band for my MTB since my ankles tend to get a little dirty when on the trails

[AnnieBikes]

I bought a wrist band when I rode across the country. I have since bought an ankle band for the same reasons above...I like it out of the way on the road bike and use the wrist band on the MTB. This company is great because I was raising money during my Southern Tier ride and if anyone buys a Road ID by linking off my web site, 10% goes directly to the Hospice House near where I live. They did the same thing when I rode the Underground RR Route this past year. The Hospice House has had a steady, small stream of income from people linking from my site!!! The company seems very user friendly in this respect.

There are lots of testimonials on their website and I NEVER ride my bike without it because I do errands and ride alone a fair amount. I agree with the ICE numbers on the phone but your phone may not be right "on" you if you are unable to communicate for a time. This ID will be on you. I even put one on when I am driving up to see my family 8 hours away alone. It is a very quick ID if anything happens.

www.grahamcam.com/annesbicyclejournal

[derailed]

I love my RoadID, and would not leave the house without it.
I chose the online/phone info option, and put very complete info on their website, after a conversation with the owner about their security.

I have a wristband.

While I have an ICE file on my phone, I have found that some EMS folks look at phones and others look for Alert types of tags, and chose to be a completist.

[Grog]

If your head is too broken to say/remember your name and emergency contact info, your cell phone may be broken too, or turn itself off due to trauma.

Emergency staff HAVE to look for alert wrist bands (in case of severe allergies, known seizure problems, etc.).

I have both too, but I don't rely on my cell phone to identify me in an accident...

[smurfalicious]

Yeppa, got one a few months back. It makes me feel a lot better having it! I have the ankle one so it's out of the way and doubles as a crappy pant leg cuff.

Only bummer is my mom went and changed her home phone number and replacing the ID piece is almost the same cost. Fortunately, my FSA allows for medic alert bracelets and since I have a penicillin allergy it's coooovered!!!

[fidlfreek]

FYI, I have a really small wrist and tried one on. No go. They come in One Size and it didn't fit at all....So my solution is to carry an second drivers license (with an old address on it) in my spare kit. I have my emergency contact written in sharpie on the front. It never leaves the kit.

[Miranda]

I own one and I love it. My wrist is 5.5". I own the pink traditional one, not the interactive. They didn't have that option then. Plus I own some of their reflective bands, reflective strip kits, and FireFly blinkies (batteries are dirt cheap from their site too).

When I first started riding, I would try to remember to put in DL in my saddle bag. Sometimes I would forget. Sometimes I would forget the ID in the saddle bag and not have it in my purse when I needed it other than riding.

On a beautiful Fall day, I decided I really wanted to ride a little further than planned. Coming back home it was on the cusp of dusk. I had just went from a sunny area on a rual road to a wooded shady spot. I'm still not sure how the driver of this pick up truck didn't see me AT ALL, but it SO was close.

As I pedaled on the rest of the way home (with my heart ready to pound out of my chest from fear of almost being killed) I realized this was a day I had forgotten my DL. The rest of the fm had traveled out of town. There would have been no one that would have missed my return home at the time to even look for me. Yep... Jane Doe bike road kill.

I do have ICE #s in my cell now (which I think my cell had even went dead that day too). But, that's when I got the RoadID. Asthma in one of my things on it. Plus, some drug allergies. The RoadID people just rearranged my info on the plate so it stood out even better than I had written it.

How I remember to wear my RoadID is that it stays velcrowed to my chin strap of my helmet. I never ride without my helmet. And it's a bit ackward to try and strap the helmet to your head with something hanging off it. Thus, I never forget to wear it.

Lastly, RoadID as a company for customer service are GREAT people. I know I am hard to please. One smart a** guy in a lbs once told me I was a "high maintenance" customer. Well, ok I AM lol. Whenever I worked management and customer service myself, I gave a lot and thus I have a low tolerance for anything less...

One of my RoadID orders that had a new FireFly broke when I went to snap it together. It could have been "user error". Or a slight defect. Who knows...

Regardless, I called RoadID and a lady very promtly answered the phone to help me. She said their returns department is literally a shoe box on the corner of someone's desk. She said: "no problem, I will mail you out a new one today and a pre-postage paid return envelop for the broken product that you can just send back at your convenience... so sorry about this mishap". No... "well, we need to see it broken first... you have to pay shipping yourself... too bad, it's user error potentially". Nothing. Just straight up--"we will take care of you".

To me... that says a lot.

[Grog]

FYI, I have a really small wrist and tried one on. No go. They come in One Size and it didn't fit at all....So my solution is to carry an second drivers license (with an old address on it) in my spare kit. I have my emergency contact written in sharpie on the front. It never leaves the kit.

The one I got from RoadID came in size Small and Large I think. Anyway, it fits my wrist which is about 5.75 inches around. But I can see how someone with an even smaller wrist, including children, could find it too big.

This Canadian company has an interesting product:
http://www.vitalid.ca/store/scripts/default.asp
I don't think I'd go for the helmet tags but they also make bracelets and shoe ids.

[GraysonKelly]

FYI, I have a really small wrist and tried one on. No go. They come in One Size and it didn't fit at all....So my solution is to carry an second drivers license (with an old address on it) in my spare kit. I have my emergency contact written in sharpie on the front. It never leaves the kit.

Fidlfreek,
I would be happy to make a bracelet for you that will fit if you want. You could buy the plate and tell me what your wrist measurement is and I can make a bracelet for you. I make stuff like that out of paracord with a side release buckle. I could also do an ankle band if you like. Let me know. If anyone else is interested, please let me know.
Gray
Here's a link to a photo of what the bracelet might look like with the Road ID plate on it.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vd7RChZkRW...640+x+368).jpg

[Becky]

Gray- that's really cool-looking! Can that medical ID tag be flipped to read what's on the other side without taking it off the bracelet? My Medic Alert tags are all engraved on the back with my member ID, condition, etc. Only the caduceus shows on the front (top?)

[GraysonKelly]

Gray- that's really cool-looking! Can that medical ID tag be flipped to read what's on the other side without taking it off the bracelet? My Medic Alert tags are all engraved on the back with my member ID, condition, etc. Only the caduceus shows on the front (top?)

Yes, you can attach small split rings to the ends of the medic alert tag and attach it to the bracelet and it will flip.
Gray