Did you know?
The national average is SIX HOURS before law enforcement can locate next of kin after an accident! Now the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles offers you the opportunity to voluntarily provide emergency contact information.
In the past, the only information that first responders had to identify you is the address on your drivers license. However if no one is home at the address on your driver’s license, then police must begin a time intensive search to find your loved ones. Precious hours that will pass before your family knows you are injured and have been taken to a hospital.
What are the steps to enter new contact info?
- Valid Ohio Drivers License or State ID
- Contact information which is only accessed by authorized law enforcement
- Enter in two people you would like contacted on the website below
Brea Weisman’s story:
She said. “While listening to the radio on my way to work this morning, I heard an interview with a woman who had lost her son in a car accident. She was unable to be contacted for 7 hours after her son was injured and he died alone. By initiating the “Next of Kin Bill,” signed into law by Governor Strickland on May 1, 2008, she has worked to ensure that each driver in the state of Ohio can register 2 emergency contacts (with up to 3 telephone numbers each) through the BMV to be contacted in the event of an emergency. This is a very simple procedure that took me less than 3 minutes to complete online.”
Enter your information today so your loved ones can be found within minutes…..not hours after you have been involved in any kind of accident!
http://www.myemergencycontactinfo.org
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