One thing that will help somewhat is to put the tape on curved surfaces. I.E. around frame tubes. That way you get some light scattered in all directions from the tape, plus the light doesn't have to be perfectly perpendicular to the tape to get a good reflection.
It's one of those things... it's not perfect, but if you have enough of it, it'll help.
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