I live in a very rural area and night-time cycling is simply not an option. Were I to ride at night, I would be lit up like a Christmas tree,
with a combination of reflectors, LED lights, flashers, etc. If the safest (if not cheapest) route to nighttime riding safety is lights AND
reflectors, then all bikes should be sold with both.... and in my ideal world, if you bought a bike at Wally World, you would get a helmet
as well along with a mirror and a bell.... just like when you buy a car, you get seat belts, air bags, anti-lock brakes, a horn, headlights, etc.
The whole CPSC bicycle thing strikes me as a minimal cost, liability ass-covering rather than any sincere attempt to meaningfully address bike
safety. Its like covering my ladder with stickers that tell me that I could fall if I do something stupid. Well, duh.