I started riding clipless this year. I really hadn't thought about the possibility of falling, until I did it...

I think it was my second ride. When I biked up to the house, I was a bit tired, and I didn't ride up the driveway because I was worried about safely dismounting on the steep angle. So I stopped at the bottom, and just couldn't get out in time...and went down... so slowly... The most embarrassing part was my teenage neighbor was skateboarding in the street not 5 feet from me! He asked if I was OK (and I was impressed by the manners of it). I was just embarrassed because I figured he didn't know why I fell (I was attached to the bike! I couldn't help it!!) because I had no clue people rode this way until recently.

I was really lucky though. Staying at the bottom of the driveway allowed me to land on grass. Not too painful. I've had many close calls since, but that's been the only fall...for now.