Thanks for the reply.
Well, i guess i'll have to deal with it
Most dangerous merchants i've found so far are those big tankers.
I'll have to stay further than 1 Km, and make long distance shots...
A shame we can't comment out this line in IRAI
To me, what would be more realistic is they still can spot you 1 Km away (by good weather only) but open fire at you closer (or at least can hit you only closer than 1 Km - let say 500m could be fine/accurate imo).