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"StanSD" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

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One Year ago today, I was out for a ride in the bay area. As I descended Highway 84 from Old la
Honda, a semi was coming around the corner well

over

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the center line. I swerved to avoid him and went into a skid. I started to skid off the road, then
back on toward the grill of a second semi that was behind the first. I don't remember exactly what
happened next, but somehow

I

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bailed and rolled off right next to the truck (I remember seeing the front wheel rolling near my
head) while my bike was run over. I was very lucky that the truck only took out my bike (Tried to
attach a cool picture, but

it

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wouldn't send). I fully recovered with only a broken finger, and a severe case of road rash.

This is my long way of saying...make sure you wear ID when you ride...fortunately, I remained
conscious, and was able to give the EMT's insurance and family contact information. It scares me
to this day to

think

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about what might have happened if I'd been more seriously injured without any identification.

After the accident, I discovered road ID ( Road ID ), which is a great and easy way to carry ID.
Whether this is right for you or not, make sure you carry some form of ID (i.e. medical card,
drivers license, etc.) to

protect

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yourself in case of a serious accident!

My apologies to anyone who views this as SPAM...it's something I think is important especially as
I think back to last year.

Stan

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I took my Drivers License with my a couple of weekends ago... then forgot to put it back in my
wallet! Now I've found a solution... take an old heath insurance card, with your home phone
written on it...

Mark Frost Bedford, NH

"StanSD" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

One Year ago today, I was out for a ride in the bay area. As I descended Highway 84 from Old la
Honda, a semi was coming around the corner well

over

Quoted message said:

the center line. I swerved to avoid him and went into a skid. I started to skid off the road, then
back on toward the grill of a second semi that was behind the first. I don't remember exactly what
happened next, but somehow

I

Quoted message said:

bailed and rolled off right next to the truck (I remember seeing the front wheel rolling near my
head) while my bike was run over. I was very lucky that the truck only took out my bike (Tried to
attach a cool picture, but

it

Quoted message said:

wouldn't send). I fully recovered with only a broken finger, and a severe case of road rash.

This is my long way of saying...make sure you wear ID when you ride...fortunately, I remained
conscious, and was able to give the EMT's insurance and family contact information. It scares me
to this day to

think

Quoted message said:

about what might have happened if I'd been more seriously injured without any identification.

After the accident, I discovered road ID ( Road ID ), which is a great and easy way to carry ID.
Whether this is right for you or not, make sure you carry some form of ID (i.e. medical card,
drivers license, etc.) to

protect

Quoted message said:

yourself in case of a serious accident!

My apologies to anyone who views this as SPAM...it's something I think is important especially as
I think back to last year.

Stan

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After the accident, I discovered road ID ( Road ID ), which is a great and easy way to carry ID.
Whether this is right for you or not, make sure you carry some form of ID (i.e. medical card,
drivers license, etc.) to protect yourself in case of a serious accident!

I've printed out info using my computer and done a "poor man's" lamination using clear carton
sealing tape. I keep one in my bike's saddle bag and one in a little "shoe wallet" on my running
shoes so I don't have to think about it (unless I move or my insurance changes).

--Harold Buck

"I used to rock and roll all night, and party every day. Then it was every other day. . . ."

- Homer J. Simpson

This occured to me after misplacing my wallet (or having someone done me that favor,) I went to the
DMV and got a replacement. After it arrived the wallet was found. Gee. What's to stop me from just
getting a copy of my drivers license, photocopy my health insurance card, include emergency contact
information, and a couple bucks for bus fare/emergency in a ziploc and take with me every time?

I usually take my walled, but just paperclipped a buck to my DL and zipped out the door for the
group ride this AM. If I buy it, I'm sure some of my fellow cyclists will take interest, assuming I
haven't been OTB all day. It was actually a pretty good ride today, considering the rain the past
couple days and the speed of the group.

Mark Frost said:

I took my Drivers License with my a couple of weekends ago... then forgot to put it back in my
wallet! Now I've found a solution... take an old heath insurance card, with your home phone
written on it...

Mark Frost Bedford, NH

"StanSD" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

One Year ago today, I was out for a ride in the bay area. As I descended Highway 84 from Old la
Honda, a semi was coming around the corner well

over

Quoted message said:

the center line. I swerved to avoid him and went into a skid. I started to skid off the road, then
back on toward the grill of a second semi that was behind the first. I don't remember exactly what
happened next, but somehow

I

Quoted message said:

bailed and rolled off right next to the truck (I remember seeing the front wheel rolling near my
head) while my bike was run over. I was very lucky that the truck only took out my bike (Tried to
attach a cool picture, but

it

Quoted message said:

wouldn't send). I fully recovered with only a broken finger, and a severe case of road rash.

This is my long way of saying...make sure you wear ID when you ride...fortunately, I remained
conscious, and was able to give the EMT's insurance and family contact information. It scares me
to this day to

think

Quoted message said:

about what might have happened if I'd been more seriously injured without any identification.

After the accident, I discovered road ID ( Road ID ), which is a great and easy way to carry ID.
Whether this is right for you or not, make sure you carry some form of ID (i.e. medical card,
drivers license, etc.) to

protect

Quoted message said:

yourself in case of a serious accident!

My apologies to anyone who views this as SPAM...it's something I think is important especially as
I think back to last year.

Stan

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I've been biking in New York City on a utilitarian basis for about 30 years. Overall I've only had
minor mishaps running into jaywalkingg peds, sometimes running into a door opening unexpectedly. The
injury have been minor. I always cary ID as well as a s a spart tiew and tbasic tools that I might
need . Then again. Now that I have been biking nearly 70 miles a week in Central Park I hear tails
of people that have had cycle crashes there. I always cary a drovers license should someone need to
know my identity. I am moving at faster speeds in and out of standing traffic sometimes. Luck has
been with me all of the years that I have been out there on the streets of New York City. Recently I
added a headlight to my arsenal knowing that sometime in early morning hours on my treck to the park
up the Hudson River Park's narrow bike trail that I may occasionally run into someone in the wrong
lane not quite awake.

Victor
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"StanSD" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

One Year ago today, I was out for a ride in the bay area. As I descended Highway 84 from Old la
Honda, a semi was coming around the corner well

over

Quoted message said:

the center line. I swerved to avoid him and went into a skid. I started to skid off the road, then
back on toward the grill of a second semi that was behind the first. I don't remember exactly what
happened next, but somehow

I

Quoted message said:

bailed and rolled off right next to the truck (I remember seeing the front wheel rolling near my
head) while my bike was run over. I was very lucky that the truck only took out my bike (Tried to
attach a cool picture, but

it

Quoted message said:

wouldn't send). I fully recovered with only a broken finger, and a severe case of road rash.

This is my long way of saying...make sure you wear ID when you ride...fortunately, I remained
conscious, and was able to give the EMT's insurance and family contact information. It scares me
to this day to

think

Quoted message said:

about what might have happened if I'd been more seriously injured without any identification.

After the accident, I discovered road ID ( Road ID ), which is a great and easy way to carry ID.
Whether this is right for you or not, make sure you carry some form of ID (i.e. medical card,
drivers license, etc.) to

protect

Quoted message said:

yourself in case of a serious accident!

My apologies to anyone who views this as SPAM...it's something I think is important especially as
I think back to last year.

Stan

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In addition to ID, it's a good idea to carry your insurance card and a credit card.

Victor Carnuccio said:

I've been biking in New York City on a utilitarian basis for about 30 years. Overall I've only had
minor mishaps running into jaywalkingg peds, sometimes running into a door opening unexpectedly.
The injury have been minor. I always cary ID as well as a s a spart tiew and tbasic tools that I
might need . Then again. Now that I have been biking nearly 70 miles a week in Central Park I hear
tails of people that have had cycle crashes there. I always cary a drovers license should someone
need to know my identity. I am moving at faster speeds in and out of standing traffic sometimes.
Luck has been with me all of the years that I have been out there on the streets of New York City.
Recently I added a headlight to my arsenal knowing that sometime in early morning hours on my
treck to the park up the Hudson River Park's narrow bike trail that I may occasionally run into
someone in the wrong lane not quite awake.

Victor
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"StanSD" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
"]news:[email hidden]...

Quoted message said:

One Year ago today, I was out for a ride in the bay area. As I descended Highway 84 from Old la
Honda, a semi was coming around the corner well

over

Quoted message said:

the center line. I swerved to avoid him and went into a skid. I started to skid off the road,
then back on toward the grill of a second semi that was behind the first. I don't remember
exactly what happened next, but somehow

I

Quoted message said:

bailed and rolled off right next to the truck (I remember seeing the front wheel rolling near my
head) while my bike was run over. I was very lucky that the truck only took out my bike (Tried to
attach a cool picture, but

it

Quoted message said:

wouldn't send). I fully recovered with only a broken finger, and a severe case of road rash.

This is my long way of saying...make sure you wear ID when you ride...fortunately, I remained
conscious, and was able to give the EMT's insurance and family contact information. It scares me
to this day to

think

Quoted message said:

about what might have happened if I'd been more seriously injured without any identification.

After the accident, I discovered road ID ( Road ID ), which is a great and easy way to carry ID.
Whether this is right for you or not, make sure you carry some form of ID (i.e. medical card,
drivers license, etc.) to

protect

Quoted message said:

yourself in case of a serious accident!

My apologies to anyone who views this as SPAM...it's something I think is important especially as
I think back to last year.

Stan

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