When signaling at night, I have always used the light directly, no need to go bouncing the beam off of mirrors.
It sounds like the "red" side is really red retroreflective material and not really a mirror.
You're right, if you have a flashlight, I'd use it because you can see the light from most flashlights more than 3 miles away. If there is greater than a half moon out, the regular signal mirror can be effective signal if no other better devices are available.
It does seem poorly thought out.
Tom
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