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Flat pedal's reflectors are huge eye-catchers to head-on or overtaking motorists, and should remain de-riguer.
But for clipless pedals, the retrofitted reflectors some shops bolt on as a CYA measure are ridiculously fragile and awkward.
Why hasn't the CPSC simply mandated that a large panel of durable reflective tape or fabric be part of every cycling shoe sold?
I've commuted and done errands in dark conditions and would guess that wheel reflectors have probably saved my hide at least once.
Cars that start to pull out and then stop just in time are probably seeing the wheel reflectors first because they are bright and fast-moving, and cant be mistaken for some road reflector or other light off in the distance!