Sticks of Fire: a Tampa blog

On Sunday, October 1, 2006, a new law went into effect allowing identification cards to be issued to children five years of age and older.  The cost for a first time identification card is three dollars.

Also effective this month, you can add two emergency contacts to your driver license information.  This new service will allow you to provide contact information to law enforcement in the event of an emergency. The information may save crucial time if it is necessary to contact family members. You must already have a Florida Driver License or Florida Identification Card to participate. Enter your contact information online.

While we are on the subject of emergency contacts, don’t forget to add ICE. If you haven’t heard, it’s a good idea to add ICE to your cell phone. When police find you passed out in an alley in Ybor City, or bumped on the head woozy in Lutz, police may check your cell phone for someone to call. Maybe your phone has an entry that reads “wifey,” or “My studly handsome fiancé” or simply “mom.” In any of these cases, cops don’t have the time to figure out who to call. So create an entry for ICE (In Case of Emergency), and put in the phone number of someone to contact, you know, In Case of Emergency.

Finally, if you know of an older driver that may need a refresher course, you may want to send them to the Florida GrandDriver website.  Most older drivers are good drivers. But as we age, most of us will need to take steps to ensure that we can continue to drive safely. Changes in our visual, physical and mental abilities will affect each of us in different ways. Florida GrandDriver offers plenty of places that will help seniors keep getting around safely.

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