I use a white flashing blinky bike light or two (like a bike tail light only white instead of red light) on the front in addition to the flashlight headlights. This provides "to be seen" visibility from the side and also gives me some side illumination "to see" as well within a 10-foot radius or so although there is a "step-jerk motion" strobe effect when observing things to the side if there isn't any other light sources