I'm the opposite. I ride with a steady headlight, and steady rear red lights at night. During the day one of my tail lights is set to flash. At night I find it more of a distraction to drivers than a help. At night I find drivers give me a wide berth, much more than during the day, when I run steady lights on the rear. The front light blinking makes no sense to me since I use the headlight to see, and no on is coming at me in my lane from the front, the only ones who should be in my lane are behind me, or moving away from me in front of me.
I have noticed drivers seem to fixate on my rear light at night when it is flashing, which generally causes them to veer towards me, rather than move away from me. With the light steady, I haven't found that to be a problem.