When I bought my clipless pedals and shoes (i.e., without toe clips!), I was taught to unclip left and push down on the pedal from one o'clock position with my right (stronger) leg. This makes a big difference in our group social rides as I can get a good straight push with my right leg and can get going, wobble-free, on a straight line.

I saw one of our group stop and lean against a curb with her right foot. When she took off she was dangerously against the curb, with the gutter trash, etc. When she moved away from the curb she almost caused a major wreck by running into all the riders on her left who were keeping their lines . Lesson for me: stop where I want to be starting from especially when riding with someone else.

Saw lady go down due to clipless incident on Thursday night. Her friends on both sides were able to catch her and help break her fall. Would rather go down like that than some other ways I know of!