That is your opinion.

A friend of mine rode into a short underpass that was very dark, he did not see the ground that he was rolling over, and hit a bump. For reasons that I do not know, he was using the platform side of his pedals, not cleated in to the pedals, even though his pedals were designed for SPD cleats on the other side. And his foot slipped off the pedal when his wheel went into the hole. When he woke up, the ambulance medics were taking care of him.

I think being cleated in would have prevented his shoe(s) from slipping off of the pedal(s) which caused his crash. He had no memory of it, but someone else saw him crash and called for help.

There have been a few times when I intentionally rode on the platform side of my pedals in case I might need to get my feet on the ground really fast. Such as on a steep uphill where i might lose traction and spin out in loose sand, suddenly coming to a sudden stop. Or on slippery ice. Or in loose sand/gravel where my wheel might dig into the soft ground. But in those cases I am going so slow that such a crash is unlikely.