Night riding accidents happen frequently! Follow these security common senses to ride safely

Nowadays, more and more people will choose to work out at night as the temperature is more comfortable and the daytime is too busy to do any exercise. If you live in huge cities, it will be less crowded relatively at night, so night riding is a better choice. However, it’s also true that there are more accidents happened at night than the daytime. If you want to ride safely at night, please follow these security common senses.

Try not to wear headphones

Many riders like to wear headphones while listening to music so that the night ride is more interesting. But at night, your sight will be worse, then hearing is even more important. If your dynamic music is too loud and completely blocked the sound of the surrounding environment, this is very dangerous. For example, there will be more vehicles at night. If you are listening to music completely unaware of a large truck nearby, and the big truck drivers because of the high line of sight and dark lights at night, he may not be able to detect and avoid the accident.

Must wear helmets

The helmet is the necessary equipment to wear. Professional bike helmets have better protection, comfort, and breathability. There are lots of cheap cycling helmet whose scope of protection includes the back part of the brain offering better protection and more sense of security to the user. Even if the crash happened it will not seriously hurt the brain. In addition, you can properly add some protective gear, such as knee pads and elbow pads.

Increase lighting measures

Front lights, rear lights are sure to install. Bicycle lights are the key to ensuring safe night riding. When night riding, the light is brighter the better? In fact, if the light is too bright it will be dangerous. Professional bicycle lights should provide the right brightness light which shows a clear cutoff line to guarantee the riders to see clearly. At the same time, you can also increase some reflective parts, such as sticking reflective strips on riding suits, frames, tires or putting on a professional fluorescent night clothing.