Originally Posted by
one4smoke
But, if you're right foot down, you're generally going to fall on the side that you're still clipped into. Which would be the left.
Not in my experience. Think about how you prepare for a stop. You tend to lean towards the side that you are trying to remove from the pedal. If you put the right foot down, you are trying to lean to the right as you unclip and fall in that direction and, thus, into traffic. If you put left foot down, the same applies and you fall in that direction and away from traffic.
Mountain biking has taught me to remove either foot, depending on the trail, and if I fall over there...which is far more common than on the road...I fall to the side I’m trying to unclip. That comes in handy because the reason I’m trying to unclip is usually to avoid falling off the trail.