As for this annoyance of the M324 type dual sided pedals of "having to look down to see what side is up, and flipping them", I did some research and found this gem:

They perform poorly as SPD's (The flat side is always up when you want to clip) and poorly as flats (the SPD side is always up) when you have non-SPD's shoes on - '.. they know....' .

But jokes aside, I found some comments stating to use the reflector mounting holes on the pedal - to attach a reflector or counter weight to just one side. Since one side along the horizontal will be heavier, the pedal will always line up vertically with the clip side facing the back of the bike, and the platform side facing the front. Then you just need to slide your foot towards the pedal from the rear when you have biking shoes, or slide your foot towards the pedal from the front when wearing regular shoes.

I did not have a pedal mountable reflector to experiment with, so I used a bolt, nut, and washers in each of the two reflector mounting holes on one side per pedal. I experimented with the weight by adding washers, and at 22g (per pedal), I could rotate the crank and the pedal would always stay vertical with clip facing back. Went for a test ride, and BINGO! 100% of the time I could click in by putting my foot on the pedal from back to forwards. While 100% of the time I would be on the platform side by putting my foot from forwards to back. No need to look down, no twisting the pedal around!

Now to find some stainless steel hardware to make it look discrete vs a bolt going through a bunch of washers, that will probably rust! And to pray to the weight weenie gods for forgiveness over adding 40g of dead weight to my bike (and to a rotating component to add insult to injury!) BTW, I doubt the reflector on just one side would work, since Amazon lists the weight at 20g for a package of 4 ... I need 22g each.