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Road Signs are pretty hard to see at night.
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So I'm driving round Altis, late evening, just minding my own business, maybe breaking the speed limit a bit, but nobody else is about. Trouble is, I can't really see where I'm going, even with my bright headlights. It's suicidal driving up to a sharp bend when you can't see the arrow signs at the bend till you're right up to it.

What I'd like to see is the road signs being a bit more reflective. When you're out driving in real life, the signs on the road are made a bit reflective, so they are visible even far off from the headlights of your car. I don't know whether this is possible, but it would be nice. {F22536} {F22537}

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Legacy ID
2337053131
Severity
None
Resolution
Open
Reproducibility
Always
Category
Visual-Structures
Steps To Reproduce

Drive around at night, taking your virtual life in your own hands.

Additional Information

Attached image shows how astonishingly close one must be to even see the bend sign at night, let alone the bend itself. I'll attach an image during the day too, to show where the car is in relation to the bend. Imagine I was travelling at some speed, without my GPS visible. I'd be dead.

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klanger21 edited Additional Information. (Show Details)
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klanger21 set Legacy ID to 2337053131.May 7 2016, 5:10 PM

The problem here are not the road signs, but the vehicle lights.
All vehicles are currently lacking some high beams.
When driving a car you want to use high beams going 70km/h+ so you can spot things that are further away.
Try and drive under 70km/h on Altis on a pitch black night and you'll see what I mean, comes pretty close to reality.
That's why you always drive only fast enough to stop within your viewing range.

UPVOTED...
Yes all road signs should reflect light directly back to the source due to their prism construction.
So no matter what angle you approach them from the light always bounces back to you (the driver) making them clearly visible by glow brightly :-)