Do you have ID on you..??

[inlinefour]

just thinking about the worst case - you bin it big time, you've knocked yer noggin, and things are a little hazy to say the least, or worst still, you're having an involuntary snooze, and some good samaritan stops to help you out.. Aside from calling 111 and making sure your limbs and head are still attached, they don't really know too much about you, even (dare I say) for going out for cruises with fellow KBs, if something happened, would they know who to call..?

Lately (not cos I want to crash out), I've got a bit of paper with a few details like my name, and the poor family sucker who's going to get the call besides 111, in my outside pocket, hopefully they'll search me for clues and find it (and leave my wallet alone!!).. Just wondered if anyone else did the same, or if I'm being over paranoid here..

Its all in my wallet as I suspect the Police would hopefully look there

[riffer]

I have my wallet in my jacket. It has my Drivers Licence in it.

I also wear a Medic Alert bracelet on my left wrist which quite clearly states "DIABETES ON INSULIN" and a Phone number and ID number so the ambos can find out stuff about my medical condition.

[Lou Girardin]

Really good idea. After Saturday week-ago's experience with Mrs H where she was incapable of answering questions, I'm not sure what the ambo dude would have written down had I not been there.

Name, DOB are on your license.
Home contact details may not be.

Information that could usefully be recorded on a card stored next to your license could include:

Blood group
Details of major known allergies
Previous major medical traumas
Contact lens wearer
False teeth wearer
Preference of coffee
Next of kin
Employer
Insurer
Preferred motorcycle servicer/repairer

Or you could just tattoo all this on your butt.

[bugjuice]

Or you could just tattoo all this on your butt.

what happens when you skid on yer ass for a couple of hundred k's and it gets sanded off..??
ouch

[Paul in NZ]

Well if the ID thing is too hard because of theiving arseholes I still think that with 1,500 members KB would have the clout to get something going...

In fact I reckon we could have enough clout for a decent recovery service or insurance discount.

Paul N

[vifferman]

I have a small problem now with new 2-piece leathers only having the 1 internal pocket & the thought of strangers feeling up my tits while they're "looking for ID" officer!

Well, you could have something (phone number stencilled on your helmet?) with the number of someone to call so they could come and feel up your tits while "looking for ID".

[Storm]

All sits in my wallet. My army ID card is unmissable so the police or ambos ring them and they can put you through to the relevant people

[Yokai]

Well, you could have something (phone number stencilled on your helmet?) with the number of someone to call so they could come and feel up your tits while "looking for ID".

Yeah - You can have my number if you want?!

I have in my wallet everything that is needed to steal my identity:
IRD card, US Social Security Card, Cook Island drivers licence, Padi card, Kiwi Driver licence, US Green card (Permanent Resident Card), Donor Card, California drivers license (sic)....

Should be easy enough to pretend you're me... not that you'd want to I suspect!

[spudchucka]

OK.

What about someone in my situation: Live alone & foster parents would be preferred contact???

Electoral roll, missing persons reports, criminal records, medical records, enquiries with neighbours, work contacts, really the possibilities are almost endless.

If they can figure out who you are then they can find someone that knows you very easily.

[Mr Skid]

The only better solution would be an onboard satalite phone with an impact detector and gps so when you crash in the wop wops it sends a message to the 111 system with your exact location and severity of impact.

On this tangent, as well as carrying ID with me, I always make sure I let someone know, or leave a note of my intended route if riding alone on back roads.

I had an incident whereby I wound up at the bottom of a bank, and as it happens I was able to climb up to the road for help.

However if I were incapacitated, I would not have been able to climb back to the road, or call for help (no reception).

In this case, as it was a KB ride, there were a number of people that knew which road I was on, so I would likely have been found. However a causal observer would be unlikely to have spotted me.

For me it's not much different from a boatie lettting someone know when they are due back, so that S&R can be called if they are late.

I also try to pay for fuel purchases with eftpos, so that there is a paper trail of where I've been and when. If I did go missing, then the police would be able to work out roughly how far I could have gone in any direction based upon having a full tank.

[crashe]

hmmm just checked out my wallet which is always on my person.

Drivers License.
Dr's card with all my allergies on the back of it.
Community card and IRD card.
and many other cards with just my name on it.. AA, Foodtown etc etc etc.

So the police can track down my home addy.

My cell ph is also always with me.

Maybe I should put my daughter's name onto card with drivers license...
since she is my next of kin...

But I guess we should at least all carry a name of our next of kin in the wallet.

[Firefight]

On this tangent, as well as carrying ID with me, I always make sure I let someone know, or leave a note of my intended route if riding alone on back roads.

I had an incident whereby I wound up at the bottom of a bank, and as it happens I was able to climb up to the road for help.

However if I were incapacitated, I would not have been able to climb back to the road, or call for help (no reception).

In this case, as it was a KB ride, there were a number of people that knew which road I was on, so I would likely have been found. However a causal observer would be unlikely to have spotted me.

For me it's not much different from a boatie lettting someone know when they are due back, so that S&R can be called if they are late.

I also try to pay for fuel purchases with eftpos, so that there is a paper trail of where I've been and when. If I did go missing, then the police would be able to work out roughly how far I could have gone in any direction based upon having a full tank.

just wear that bloody awful shirt over your leathers, rescuers will see you a mile away.

F/F

[MadDuck]

One good thing the WIMA rep did (not sure if its just north one) was give us forms that I carry in my wallet. It has details on who to contact should I damage myself and my bike.

It has listed my employer, doctor and dentist (I guess in case they need dental ID )

The other good detail included is my neighbours contact and the fact that I have a cat that will starve to death if I dont return from a ride. As I live alone and have no family I thought it was a brilliant idea not just for when out riding but should anything happen where I couldnt communicate...like going to the pub and getting so sloshed I cant remember my name!

[James Deuce]

Hmmm. I'm not paranoid, but I'm also not content to sit back and let other people decide what I should carry by way of ID. I won't be travelling when my passport expires, thanks to the introduction of biometric information on passports from this year on. I also won't be renewing my license in 2010 for the same reason. I'll just drive without one like a big chunk of the population seem to now.

Quite frankly, if I do come a cropper on a back road somewhere, I prefer the vanishing without a trace (eaten by border collies and hawks) "legend", to having to gain governmental, personal, parental, spousal, sibling, and spawn -of-my loins permission to go for a ride.

People say to me, "you carry a cellphone so you can be found anywhere within the coverage area". "Yes", I say, "So long as I am IN the coverage area, it's turned on, and mine. It's why I like to have a work provided phone."

The current one has my name on the display, but is billed via someone else's name at work.

[XP@]

I also try to pay for fuel purchases with eftpos, so that there is a paper trail of where I've been and when. If I did go missing, then the police would be able to work out roughly how far I could have gone in any direction based upon having a full tank.

Good, so they know you are somewhere on the north island, useful...
(unless you are on an MV Brutal, then you havent fallen off, you are still filling up at the gas station down the road)