ShayneJack

Awesome! I like the fact that all it takes is for someone to press any button and WHAMMO! the info is right on the screen. ICE is a great thing to put in your contacts as well, but figured if it's posted on the "wallpaper/screensaver" it might save just a few seconds that lord knows I just might need! Mine looks like this... names changed to protect the innocent of course... sample

Granted, the ICE method on your cell phone is a GREAT IDEA! But STILL write the information down for your wallet, or resqtag, give it to the group organizer, etc. Quite a few of the mountain areas I travel to have little to no cell phone range. Heck, one of the mountains has a 40 mile stretch with ZERO BARS! Nope, I can't hear you now. But have a back up plan. If your cellphone is disabled (ie. wet, smashed, dead battery, so forth) then you're back to square one. 1. CELL PHONE - save under contact ICE - HOME and ICE - CELL. Try posting a picture to your phone to save as a screen saver that has this same information. 2. WALLET - take a post-it and write your emergency contact information (I like two people), then secure it to the back of your driver's license. 3. JACKET/HELMET INFO - as Bailey mentioned, post the info in a place that will be QUICKLY seen by EMS. Sticker on the helmet, resQtag on zipper pull, dog tags (I would stay away from the digital dog tags, or at least check with EMS in your area if they are able to download your data on scene.) 4. LIST OF EMERGENCY CONTACT INFO - when in a group, make sure there is two copies of a ride roster sheet. Two emergency contacts with phone numbers. Make sure lead rider has one, and sweeper (tail) rider has one. If you prefer not to give out this info fine, just make sure you have it on your person so it is accessable. I know this is a difficult topic to converse about. But after experiencing the CONSEQUENCES of not having this information this morning it made me think to post this up in hopes of avoiding anyone having the same experience. And if you KNOW you have this information with you, pull it out and check it. When was the last time you did that? Are these people still your contacts? Have their phone numbers changed?

Today I went on a ride that someone else had organized from a different forum. In all seven riders showed up, two 4th gens, a 5th gen, and four 6th gens. Knew three of them from previous rides but did not know the other three. At any rate, we all saddled up at 9:30am and headed up a mellow-twisty section of highway to our lunch destination. The ride organizer asked that I choose the riding order, so I went up to each of the riders I didn't know and asked how quickly they prefered to ride. One said medium, the other two said slow-back of the pack. Fine. We took off and the lead pack (3) pulled over at the summit to wait for the others. I get a call on my cell that theres been an accident at the bottom. So we head back, and find the accident scene within the first two miles of our original meetup location. Rider down. Save the gory details but this is not a sew-it-back-together and continue type of accident. By the time the lead pack made it down the hill he had already been taken via ambulance to the hospital (of which we are still trying to find which one...) Information gathering. CHP is on scene, about 6 units. From what I gathered, the rider who fell was 6th in order when we started. It appears that he passed #5 and #4 and then target-fixated on the next turn and managed to ride into the next turn and run wide into the guardrail. "Does anyone know his last name?" CHP was able to get this from his license I'm sure. "Does anyone know if he's married, what his wife's phone # is?" unknown "Has anyone ridden with him before? Know anything else about him?" unknown... Sadly I'm sure I'll be reporting back with his condition as soon as I know. (SEE BELOW) But it did manage to cause a major reality check for the rest of us. I've always organized rides with the new members riding towards the back. Stay in the order assigned. If for any reason you'd like to move up or back, do so VERY CAUTIOUSLY and ONLY WHEN SAFE. For best results, wait until the next rest stop, then make sure the riders in front and behind know of the change. EMERGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION I'm not a salesman, I won't sell your personal information to the highest bidder, I won't google your personal information, I won't give it to the police and tell them I think you're a drug dealer. THE ONLY REASON I COLLECT EMERGENCY INFO FOR EVERYONE IS FOR INSTANCES LIKE THE ONE THAT OCCURED TODAY. There was no one to call. There was no way of asking him who to call. There was nothing we could do. But sit there and watch the motorcycle being loaded on the back of a tow-truck to be hauled away to who knows where... I personally wear a resQtag. I hope I'm not overstepping the boundaries by advertising this, but check their website at www.resqtag.com It's a small 2"x2" vinyl sheet that you write all your information on. Then fold it up, held in place by velcro, and attach it to a zipper on my jacket. There's also a sticker that goes just below my visor on my helmet that states "EMERGENCY INFO ON ZIPPER PULL". You get two of them for about $20. Then carry the same information in your wallet. I also made a picture (MS Paint) with my primary emergency contact's name and phone number and saved it to my cell-phone screen saver. If EMS finds my phone, just pressing any button displays the name and number. Write down two emergency contact information, their names, phone numbers, relationship. DO IT TODAY. We could have called someone right away. Instead the CHP will have to research his history via DMV to find any relatives, etc. LOCAL NEWSPAPER LINK LATEST UPDATES: 5/31 3:30pm Received voicemail from hidesertmlb, DEAN is in Arrowhead Medical Center. Michael mentioned it was difficult to obtain information without his full name or approximate age... Will update with his status as soon as I know. Thanks redneck7769 for stopping by Loma Linda to check if he was there. 5/31 9:45pm Just got off the phone with hidesertmlb, Dean is stable, in a neckbrace, arm in a splint, and leg stabilized. Looks like he will be ok. Most concerning to find out is that his only emergency contact had a disconnected phone. I hope for a full recovery.

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Nice! Next time you're in vegas give me a holler and I'll take you up to Big Bear... scratch that... LOL

Hey, I've got a question, what about the opposite side, on the rim itself. Has anyone ever come up with some kinda of "centercap" for the hole in the middle of the rear rim? Just curious...