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Road ID: Products that can literally save your life

Posted May 22, 2007 at 10:09 AM by Paul Peterson

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On Wednesday, January 24 of this year I heard a chilling story of a local runner who was struck and critically injured by a vehicle while running in a bike lane along a low-traffic road. At the scene and for hours afterward, emergency personnel were not able to identify her.

Just this weekend on en route to our marathon, we were forced to take a long detour. The main mountain pass to our destination was completely closed down, a rarity since it is a U.S. Highway. While sitting in traffic and listening to AM radio, we learned that a cyclist was struck by a vehicle, resulting in a large accident that killed both the cyclist and several occupants of the vehicle.

These are stories that have come from my own backyard in the past 6 months. And they are not just stories, but are real accounts of factual events and they hit close to home. Tragic events such as these hurt my heart and make me wonder, ”What if this happened to me? How long would it take for my wife to find out? Hours? Days?”

road id wrist band Recently I began wearing a Road ID simply because I couldn’t stand the thought of being unidentified in an accident and what that would do to my wife.

Although that was my primary reason for wearing Road ID, it also directly benefits the wearer through disseminating medical information that a person who is unconscious or in shock simply cannot give. This often results in smooth medical transactions and even saved lives. Many testimonies pertaining to these benefits are found throughout the Road ID website.

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