I wish that was my experience!

My input's anecdotal but still relevant I do believe. I've had clipless, clipless/platform, quill and clip, platform, huge platform, bear trap etc pedals.. I liked clipless a lot at first and it was the last type of pedals I tried, the power transfer is awesome and all that jazz (as for that cadence business... if you really want that ride a fixed gear) all very nice and I really did dig it, got the walkable shoes, got a bunch of clipless and clipless/platform pedals and rode the hell out of that.. until one day while in a do or die traffic situation the only thing that saved me from the pavement was a thoughtful motorist who was in the right place for me to grab their car to keep myself and the bike upright!(We won't even talk about the motorist that caused that situation...) this really didn't phase me since it was one incident and I know the perils of biking, by the third time the emergency clip out became a problem I'd had it and went back to quill pedals with cages and I much prefer it, no shoe swaps, able to remove your foot at will, still great power transfer, and the tiny contact patch where you clip into the clipless always felt bizarre to my large feet. And yes, the spd's were properly adjusted each of the three times, I double checked and had a mechanic friend also check it out.