You will love the support and difference of getting a full carbon road shoe, and wider more supportive road pedal makes!

I have both, and all of my foot pain issues disappeared.

I ride the Look "Elle" pedal. It's touted to be for ladies, being lighter weight riders than men. The Elle has one of the lowest release tensions in newton meters, in terms of ease of getting out. I've never had a problem of them releasing unintentionally either. They are heavier than Looks top of the line carbon pedals. Which a little heavier weight will make the pedal hang down more in position, thus lil easier to "catch" it to clip in.

My close second to the Elle was Shimano Ultergra or Durace. Very solid connection. However, I felt they were slightly harder to get out of compared to the Look Elles.

It's just practice catching your foot to get clipped in. Even though I've done it many times, sometimes I still miss. To me, it's only a second to flip the pedal over.

If you can't get clipped in, just take your foot off, let the pedal hang, and try again. You don't even need to look down to do this. Simple.

Oh... for DH at the intersections... maybe he needs to learn how to track stand? lol