In a car, if in doubt you can just press and hold the brake pedal and you reach a safe condition. With the exception of motorways where you first have to pull o

In a car, if in doubt you can just press and hold the brake pedal and you reach a safe condition. With the exception of motorways where you first have to pull over to the hard shoulder you can always do that. In a plane you don't have that single goto option. You have to know the correct response to every possible situation and it's different in each case. Plus, many mechanical failures in an aircraft will kill you. Most things in a car won't. You need to learn how to look after a plane, and what to check for.