Cleat release-which direction do you?

[VeloVT]

I unclip left, because even before going clipless I was told to always put my left foot down first as that means I'm leaning away from traffic, so it became a habit. Before that, my right foot always went down first. However, now leaning to the right to unclip right when necessary always instills panic in me. The clipping out is easy, but leaning to the right has become really difficult!!!

I'm assuming you're in the US -- maybe that's a bad assumption.

But... if you are... unclipping left means you are leaning into traffic, not away from it, right?

(That said, I unclip left 99% of the time because I"m right-footed and like to start with my dominant foot clipped in, although I can unclip right-first if I need to).