Shameless Product Plug

As you should surely know, Gentle Reader, I bike a fair amount nowadays. A lot of that biking is on the busy highways around Chez Boeckman-Walker during morning rush hour traffic. I always have my helmet on, my hand signals (no, not those hand signals) ready and my eyes and ears open because the FSM only knows when some idiot in a hell fire hurry to get to work is going to zip over into the median on Parmer Lane (the road, not the feline resident of Chez Boeckman-Walker) to go around the slow idiot in front of him or her and, well, make road pizza out of me.

To help folks identify me or my remains, I've always carried my driver's license either in my backpack or in my bike's under-the-seat pack or the purse-cum-messenger bag I take when I'm selling plasma or pedaling to a local store. Said license is handy, yes, for letting someone else know at least my name, but a driver's license isn't that terribly useful in an emergency. Plus it's a pain in the rump to have to keep track of which satchel my license is in for when I need it to, well, drive legally.

To eliminate the hassle of trying to keep track of my license and to provide Good Samaritans or EMTs with more information should, the FSM forbid, I one day become road pizza, I've invested in a RoadID.

I even splurged and got the Elite model. However, I didn't go for the interactive version. Why make the finder of my remains make an additional phone call just to get my emergency contact info?

If you too, Gentle Reader, spend a fair amount of time out and about in a manner that makes carrying a wallet with identification cumbersome or difficult, then you might give some thought into acquiring a RoadID for yourself. In addition to wrist models, the company offers dog tags, an ankle model, a tag you can lace onto your shoe, as well as an pouch you can lace onto your shoe along with the ID plate. Granted, if you're really crafty, you could probably come up with some DIY version of this product--or resort to writing your name and emergency contact info in your underwear with permanent marker. But who wants to break out the Sharpies and do that underwear? And if you wear something besides tightie whities, you may not have much space for all that info. I mean, do you want to try writing your name and a phone number on your thong?

If you decide a RoadID is for you, then take advantage of this nice offer the fine folks at RoadID sent me as a thanks for my order: Input coupon code ThanksAngela540978 into the appropriate field when you check out, and you'll get a buck off your order. Hey, that almost pays for basic shipping since the company only charges about $1.50 for standard shipping.

That coupon code is good through October 13, by the way. And if you really want one of these IDs but a buck off isn't enough to motivate you to buy, shoot me an email. I can perhaps help you out.