Hello Jon h and All, I carry my drivers license picture ID (mainly to get on Camp Pendleton), my medical insurance card, $35 or $40, a couple of paper towels, pepper spray and a cell phone.
But none of that has my blood type, allergies (penecillin and ibuprofen), which on second thought would be helpful in an emergency. Maybe I will buy or make a Road ID.
It would be kind of cool if Road ID had a chip in it similar to LoJack:
http://www.lojack.com/...net/Pages/index.aspx Upon enrollment in the SafetyNet™ Service, your loved one is outfitted with a SafetyNet Bracelet that may be worn on his or her wrist or ankle. Should your loved one go missing, local law enforcement and public safety agencies who are trained and certified on electronic search and rescue procedures will use digital LoJack Search and Rescue Receivers to track the Radio Frequency signal being emitted from the SafetyNet Bracelet on your loved one’s wrist or ankle. Once your loved one is located, he or she can be rescued and returned to you.
For cyclists the LoJack could be outfitted with an accelerometer to start chirping if an impact is sensed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerometer Single- and multi-axis models are available to detect magnitude and direction of the acceleration as a
vector quantity, and can be used to sense orientation, acceleration, vibration shock, and falling.
Micromachined accelerometers are increasingly present in portable electronic devices and video game controllers, to detect the position of the device or provide for game input.
In the event of a serious impact it could notify the Neptune Society:
http://www.neptunesociety.com/ And on a lighter note - Road ID might also be useful if you are kidnapped so it could be sent for ransom ID instead of some of your fingers.
Cheers,
Neal
Cheers, Neal
+1 mph Faster