Originally Posted by
mrbubbles
MEC's lighting products are overpriced for what you get. As for trail lighting vs road/urban lighting, a lot of stuff sold in lbs are dual use, they are not tailored for one or the other specifically. Plenty of people use 1000 lumen trail lights for road/urban use and plenty of people use single unit cygolites/light motion for trail as well. There's no stopping somebody using a $300 light motion or a 1000 lumen $50 chinese clone for urban commutes.
The part that I highlighted? You're right, there isn't anything stopping anyone from using ultra-powerful lights...yet. I suspect at some point, somebody who has the attitude of "I'm gonna keep adding lights until everyone has to stop in their tracks until I pass- I shall be seen!" is going to run afoul of a local politico who will then write up a bit of legislation to regulate the amount of light one can use.