#Signals

We all know we should perform a pre-ride check, but let’s be honest, we tend to skip them from time to time (or more frequently), don’t we? We’re only human, and that silly little check before we hit the road isn’t that important, is it? It’s not like we’re flying an airliner thousands of feet above the ground with hundreds of people on board. While we may think that only our lives are at stake when we ride, what happens to us can affect others both directly and indirectly.

Back in October of last year, I wrote about new brake light modulator technologies that were becoming available on the market. In case you don’t know what the new generation of brake light modulators are: they flash auxiliary lights when sensing a motorcycle’s deceleration, even if the brakes are not applied, alerting vehicles behind you that your speed is lowering. After seeing the article on MO, a representative from Vectolabs contacted me, asking if I’d like to evaluate a Vololight. In the interest of learning more about this budding technology (and because I love fooling around with gadgets), I replied with an unequivocal yes.