I have to agree with this. I previously had spent a lot of time worrying about whether to go clipless on my road bike or not, and it was just unnecessary stress. And being a little "older", I too was worried about falling over (which is kinda funny cause I mostly mountain bike now, but that's besides the point..)
Anyhow, in my case I did eventually go through the expense to try them and actually didn't like them--never fell over or anything, just didn't care for being fixed to the bike like that--I much prefer riding "free" on both road bike and MTB with good grippy platforms, in my case VP Thin Gripsters on the road machine (my roadie friends say I drank the Grant Peterson kool-aid.