More accurately, in a car you are usually in control.
But sometimes you are not, as anybody who's ever hit a patch of black ice can attest. Or barely missed being obliterated by an out of control semi.
So sometimes you just have the illusion of being "in control."
Okay, fine.....I get that you are not always in control 100% of the time in 100% of situations. But you are in control most of the time, and you can survive black ice even if there’s an accident. The topic at hand was not literal control of a vehicle, but the emotional reaction to a plane crash versus car accident.