The Biggest Difference Between Brake Free and Other Safety Gear

The vast majority of moto gear serves a singular purpose: to keep you safe in the event of an accident. That's incredibly important and we're not knocking the necessity for that in any way, shape, or form—but there's one thing that makes Brake Free stand out from the rest of the pack.

Our goal is to prevent motorcycle accidents in the first place.

According to NHTSA data provided in 2023, approximately 6% of fatal motorcycle crashes. Other sources indicate that number may be higher when we're looking at overall crash data rather than fatalities, specifically. That pushes to nearly 1 in 10 accidents in which motorcyclist are not at fault.

And while we can't change the way you ride, the conditions you choose to ride in, and your level of responsibility: our hope is to reduce your risk of being involved in a not-at-fault accident from the rear based on the way we know motorcycles slow down—and how motorcycles are designed to communicate that with drivers behind them.

We know (from personal experience) that reducing our speed is done in a multitude of ways—not just by actuating a brake level. We roll off the throttle, we downshift to engine brake. Drivers typically scan for large vehicles, and given modern safety requirements for those vehicles, have trained themselves to look for center high-mounted stop lamps to indicate that vehicles in front of them are braking.

Improved Visibility With Responsive Indication to Braking

That's what Brake Free sets out to do—to more effectively (and visibly) communicate reduction in speed to drivers behind you to prevent accidents from happening in the first place. 

Further NHTSA data indicates that center high-mounted stop lamps led to a 35% reduction in rear-impact crashes (we've talked about this before, too). And that's exactly what Brake Free serves to be—a center, high-mounted stop lamp for a motorcycle that has the added safety measure of indicating when you're slowing down, regardless of how you're doing it.

Gear is good. Wear it. Just in case.

And wear a Brake Free too to keep that gear in good shape—and to decrease your risk of being rear-ended when you're riding.