How North Dakota Is Improving Emergency Contact Awareness

Living in the Peace Garden State, we are used to ice. We drive on it, scrape it off our windshields, fish on it, and sometimes even slip on it in the grocery store parking lot. These days, though, you should be thinking about another kind of ICE—your In Case of Emergency contact.

NDDOT Makes Emergency Contacts More Accessible in an Emergency

Many of us have an ICE contact saved in our cell phones, but what happens if your phone is locked or damaged in an accident? NDDOT is stepping up just in case. To make sure that your emergency contact can be reached when it matters the most, the North Dakota Department of Transportation has made it easier for everyone involved.

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Add an Emergency Contact to Your ND Driver’s License for Faster Notifications

NDDOT has made a simple change to its system that allows people to add an emergency contact to their driver's license information. This means that in the event of a crash, law enforcement can quickly notify the person trusted most—without having to guess which “Mom,” “Dad,” or “BFF” in the phone is the right one.

Add Your Emergency Contact Online in Minutes—It’s Quick and Easy

The great thing about all this is it can be done electronically. It’s quick, easy, and could make a big difference in an emergency. Just take a few minutes to add your emergency contact now. Because when it comes to having an emergency contact, having the right kind on file could be more important than having the icy kind on your driveway.

I mentioned an ICE contact can be added electronically. You can click here to start the process.