Winter Riding Visibility: The Gear You Need For Shorter Days

With daylight savings time rolling the clocks back shortly, more and more of us will be commuting home in darkness. With just over half of all fatal motorcycle accidents happening at nighttime (according to injuryfacts.ncs.org) despite the majority of riding being done during the day—the risk to riders during evening hours is substantially greater due to decreased visibility.

So in addition to motorcycle gear for winter visibility (like high-vis gear), we offer an incredibly simple, yet effective, safety solution to improve rearward visibility to help reduce the risk of being rear-ended on the road. Particularly during your (now nighttime) commute.

Instantly Improve Visibility With Brake Free

There are a variety of motorcycle helmet lights for winter riding—but Brake Free is the only one that lights up when you’re braking, including emergency braking and downshifting—that helps you stay seen on the road in low light conditions.

Pro tip: Brake Free’s 100 ultra-bright LEDs significantly improve your daytime visibility as well.

So if you’re wondering how to stay visible while riding in the dark—Brake Free is the quickest and most effective solution that doesn’t require any apps, wires, or splicing anything into your bike. Simply attach the mount to your helmet, snap your unit in, and turn it on.

Check out our installation instructions to see how quick the whole process is, installation only takes a few minutes. 

How Brake Free Helps

The NHTSA reported that center high-mounted stop lamps reduced rear-impact crashes by 35%—and that’s exactly how Brake Free functions. With motorcycle taillights sitting low, typically below a driver’s line of sight, it functions as an additional safety measure.

In addition to being an extra-visible brake light, it adds another safety element to your riding. Whenever you actuate your brake lever, your taillight illuminates to indicate to drivers behind you that you’re decreasing your speed.

However, we all know that hitting the brake lever isn’t the only way we slow down. Particularly during stop-and-go commuting, which now is more likely to be in the dark, we often downshift or let off the throttle to reduce our speed rather than pulling in the clutch and actuating a brake lever.

Brake Free’s proprietary algorithm along with accelerometers and gyrometers allows it to sense speed reduction of any kind, including engine braking. So when you’re rolling off the throttle to slow down, your taillight won’t illuminate—but your Brake Free will.

Improve Your Winter Riding Visibility With Brake Free

With 8-12 hours of life on a single charge, a Brake Free is an easy, simple installation that requires no splicing into your bike to instantly improve your visibility. Order yours today and be seen on the road—day and night, and through every season.