A special information card has been adopted by Virginian motorcyclists to help save lives.

Cindy Hicks does not remember anything of what happened on her September 18 motorcycle accident.

Riding on Richmond’s Southside near Semmes Avenue, she thinks someone forced her into the median. “By that little nudging I over shot and hit a median,” says Cindy. “From what I’m told I was thrown 20 or 30 feet. I had eight broken ribs. A broken collarbone. Scapula was broken. Lacerated lung liver and a nicked aorta. Also, I had a concussion with blood on the brain.”

The Richmond Ambulance Authority thinks Cindy’s life was saved by a card the organization had been distributing among riders called Rider Alert.

Rob Lawrence, of the R.A.A., says, “It’s a simple, but brilliant concept. We’re not requiring anyone to register their personal information. It’s there when we need it and in their moment of need.”

The card, containing critical medical and contact information, is placed inside the rider’s helmet.

Cindy filled hers out just two weeks before her accident.

Plans are under way to have New York, Texas, North Carolina and Delaware adopt similar programs.

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