A better alternative to Road ID.

[Iron Rider]

A blogger I read was in an accident with a car.

He was wearing a Road ID. The EMTs had no idea what it was. I am not
surprised. I was a volunteer firefighter for 7 years. I went through
hundreds of hours of training and Road Id was never mentioned. Road ID
advertises to cyclists in cycling specific media. You see Bob Roll
advertising Road ID on TDF coverage that only cyclists watch but you
don't see it during football games that everyone watches. That is the
problem. An ID tag marketed to cyclists does not serve its primary
purpose - letting non-cyclists know who you are.

I use a dog tag. Everyone in this country knows what a dog tag is.
Every dog owner, war movie watcher, everyone who watches the news.
Basically every emergency responder.When you are unconscious and
unresponsive, your neck and chest get a lot of attention from medical
personnel. They check airways, perform CPR. In those instances, a dog
tag worn around the neck will be noticed where a bracelet on the wrist
may not.

My dog tag has my name, address, phone number and blood type. If I had
a particular medical concern or allergy it would be there. Good
information in a place easy to find.

That's why I have a dog tag instead of Road ID.

http://eprider.blogspot.com/2012/02/better-alternative-to-road-id.html

[James Logan]

Road ID makes dog tags too. I generally wear a Road ID both on a dog tag
and on my wrist - I like to say humorously if my body parts get separated -
but more so to be redundant in case one is lost in the accident.

Jim Logan
Pittsburgh, PA

http://eprider.blogspot.com/2012/02/better-alternative-to-road-id.html

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[russell...@yahoo.com]

I have posted this exact same sentiment numerous times on various
bicycling forums. No one knows what Road ID is. It looks like
jewelry or one of those Armstrong wristbands. Paramedics, police do
not look at jewelry when treating an emergency situation. They look
for medical identifiers.

MEDIC ALERT

Everyone in the USA knows what Medic Alert necklaces and bracelets
look like. They always look for them on the neck and wrist. Neck
first, wrist second. Medic Alert also sells silver, jewelry type
necklaces and bracelets. I would advise not getting those. Stick
with the functional stainless steel ones. There is no doubt what they
are.

Generic dog tags may or may not work. They will not say Medic Alert.
They will not have the medical emblem, snake wrapped around the pole.
Police, paramedics may or may not look at it since it is not a medical
identifier.