In my opinion as a driver, if you want to "be seen" a low powered front blinking light is the best. It's both as or more visible than a super bright front light, without being annoying.

Some people argue that a painful to see light makes cars stay away from you, but then you get into an unresolvable argument about how far your right to the be the brightest and most obnoxious on the road goes, and turns into a light output arms race where eventually no one would be able to see anything.