I have been having a rough time disengaging my cleat on my Candy pedals. I read online that you can choose the float by putting the cleat with the dots on one side, anyone know if this is true? I can't find my box and don't want to move them if it is pointless.

I have the dots on the right side but can't get out of the left. I think the left requires more of an angle to get out but maybe I just can't unclip after using super loose road pedals? I don't want to change pedals since I have Smarties on my commuter but I may have to since I crashed once by not unclipping and have hugged a tree once or twice for the same issue.