Are you ladies wearing road ID's

[Suze]

I don't wear one, but am always careful to have ID, health insurance card, emergency number and phone on me. Here's a post from a rider who did have a Road ID on, had an accident, and the ambulance medics didn't look for it, had never heard of it and chastised him for not having ID. He was OK, and conscious, but lost quite a bit of faith in Road ID.

http://martinsj2.wordpress.com/2012/02/19/the-accident/

[surgtech1956]

My slim Road ID came in the mail today. I went with the purple. I ordered a small because I have small wrists and I did the measurement thing with the dollar bill. When I first opened it up, I thought 'wow, thats too small', but its snug going over my knuckles, but once on my wrist its just right.

[copndoc]

I don't wear one, but am always careful to have ID, health insurance card, emergency number and phone on me. Here's a post from a rider who did have a Road ID on, had an accident, and the ambulance medics didn't look for it, had never heard of it and chastised him for not having ID. He was OK, and conscious, but lost quite a bit of faith in Road ID.

http://martinsj2.wordpress.com/2012/02/19/the-accident/

Being a paramedic for 20+ years, I wouldn't have seen a reason to even ask him about carrying ID if he was conscious and alert. Road ID is intended to be used if the patient is unable to talk to you because they are unconscious, etc.

If the EMT's that responded chastised him for not carrying ID, and then when shown his Road ID, told him that they had never seen one before, I don't see how he would have lost faith in Road ID. I would have thought the opposite - it was a teaching moment for the non-cycling public so the next time they went to a cyclist, they would have automatically looked for their Road ID and then chastised that cyclist if he didn't have one!

[tangentgirl]

Don't have one here. I do always have my ID and phone w/ emergency contact info and my insurance card in a pocket, plus an extra ID and laminated card w/ emergency contact info in my bike bag.

Good reminder about updating, tho, I will double-check it all.