I agree with everything you're telling me but for the 'nothing' part.

I live in a small town.

Getting out to the more open countryside roads to accrue mileage leaves me negotiating several intersections. Most have stop signs, others have pedestrian crossing lights; precious few have nothing whatsoever. I approach each one with caution, usually with a foot unclipped in anticipation of a brief stop being necessary for cross-traffic.

All of my bikes allow ample clearance for standover height when I'm off the saddle. It's my too-frequent need to halt forward movement that leaves me short of what's apparently a 'proper' saddle height, aside from my dislike of falling over before I can unclip a foot.

Getting off my saddle's not a problem, it's the getting back on while also getting back up to speed that needs practice.

(I've watched this Vimeo video many, many times since I got back into bicycling a couple of years ago. Old habits die hard.)