First main ride of the year coming up and I've something to run past you all. We've been pretty lucky with major incidents on our rides, but have come close in the past. Zigzags fall at Aviemore and my own crash in Canada could have been a lot worse than they were.
In reality, a lot of us don't know much more about each other than forum name and what bike we ride. With this in mind I'm thinking of implementing a mandatory emergency contact form. These would be required for all main calendar rides and would contain actual name, car reg, emergency contact and any pertinent medical info. Those I ride with regularly know I'm diabetic but how many would think to tell emergency services if anything happened? Obviously this information is private and my idea is that these form should be filled in advance and stapled/taped closed with your forum name on the outside. All forms to be given to the ride leader and kept in a ziplock bag unless an incident occurs. At the end of the ride the forms will then be given back. Ride leader should also bring spare forms for those that don't bother/forget to bring them.
I realise this is a bit of a step for us, but it's common place on motorbike meets and MTB guiding companies I've used.
I'm not going to force it on you hence the poll, but we will go with the majority opinion. I'll give you until Baltic Bawbags to discuss and answer.
In reality, a lot of us don't know much more about each other than forum name and what bike we ride. With this in mind I'm thinking of implementing a mandatory emergency contact form. These would be required for all main calendar rides and would contain actual name, car reg, emergency contact and any pertinent medical info. Those I ride with regularly know I'm diabetic but how many would think to tell emergency services if anything happened? Obviously this information is private and my idea is that these form should be filled in advance and stapled/taped closed with your forum name on the outside. All forms to be given to the ride leader and kept in a ziplock bag unless an incident occurs. At the end of the ride the forms will then be given back. Ride leader should also bring spare forms for those that don't bother/forget to bring them.
I realise this is a bit of a step for us, but it's common place on motorbike meets and MTB guiding companies I've used.
I'm not going to force it on you hence the poll, but we will go with the majority opinion. I'll give you until Baltic Bawbags to discuss and answer.