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05/24/2025

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05/02/2024

Friday 5th July 2024, the Fairway to Devon charity golf event returns to Dainton Park to support The Lighthouse Club, the construction industry charity.

Huge thank you to all of our supporters, including RoadVista, Re-flow, Derbyshire Specialist Aggregates, PORSCHE Centre Exeter, Carysil Global Meonuk, IT Champion, St Austell Brewery, Geveko Markings, Media Street Ltd, Road Surface Treatments Association and Road Safety Marking Association.

It’s looking to be a fantastic day and we can’t wait to see you all there!

Visit our website for more details about the event!

08/23/2023

Celebrating 50 years of Retroreflectivity!

50 years ago in 1973, RoadVista (then selling under the Gamma Scientific name), developed the first commercially available retroreflectometer in the world in partnership with 3M. It was a folded benchtop system that gave developers the ability to fully characterize their retroreflectors for the first time, thus, opening up new pathways to push the development of retroreflective technology. For the past 50 years, RoadVista has continued to pioneer and innovate in the fields of retroreflection, light measurement, and transportation safety. Here are some historical highlights:

- 1973 - First retroreflectometer developed. It was a folded bench top system design.
- 1978 - Manual 15-meter tunnel goniometer system gave better angle setting capability.
- 1978 - First portable sign sheeting retroreflectometer was developed.
- 1979 - Spectral measurement gave smaller color determination uncertainty for night-time color measurements of retroreflectors. The CIE definition of color boxes, which was later adopted by ASTM, were determined using Gamma Scientific equipment.
- 1981 - First portable pavement marking retroreflectometer was developed with adjustable observation and entrance angles.
- 1982 - Retroreflectometers were sold for the first time under the Advanced Retro Technology brand.
- 1983 - First computer controlled 15-meter tunnel goniometer.
- 1991 - First production line retroreflectometer for continuous monitoring of sign sheeting as it was being produced.
- 1994 - First high speed mobile vehicle mounted pavement marking retroreflectometer was developed.
- 1995 - First pavement marking retroreflectometer with open design that allowed for continuous rain measurements and was not affected by ambient illumination.
- 2001 - First high speed mobile vehicle mounted pavement marking retroreflectometer controlled by a laptop computer.
- 2005 - First full road sign inventorying retroreflectometer designed specifically to meet the new MUTCD requirements.
- 2006 - The RoadVista brand was launched, capturing the company vision of providing more than just retroreflectometers.
- 2011 - First portable sign sheeting retroreflectometer that could measure nighttime color.
- 2016 - First fully portable vehicle-mounted pavement marking retroreflectometer that requires zero vehicle modifications
- 2017 - First vehicle mounted retroreflectometer capable of measuring nighttime color of pavement markings
- 2017 - First vehicle mounted retroreflectometer capable of measuring infrared retroreflectivity of pavement markings
- 2023 - The 6th generation portable pavement marking retroreflectometer was launched offering retroreflectivity, daytime visibility, nighttime color and full asset management capabilities.

We look forward to the next 50 years of innovation!

02/24/2023

Thank you from the RoadVista team to all of you for attending the American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA) . It was great to see you all. See you all again next year in our home town of San Diego!

01/29/2023

Useful information for those needing to comply with the new MUTCD requirements.

With the recent updates to the MUTCD requiring monitoring and maintaining minimum retroreflectivity values for pavement markings, there is a renewed interest in retroreflectometers to help comply with the rule. Retroreflectometers are simple to use, but it does require some understanding to ensure t...

09/22/2021

Patented design to fully characterize the retroreflection and retroreflected night-time color of road signs, high visibility safety clothing and other materials.

09/03/2021

The Laserlux G7 is the safe, smart, and simple solution for assessing and managing pavement markings of roadway systems.

08/27/2021

Know exactly how bright your retroreflector will appear to most drivers with the 932 Handheld Retroreflectometer