Here in Romania the instructors usually teach you a bit about flying only with instruments, exactly because it is so dangerous if you don't know how to do it. A

Here in Romania the instructors usually teach you a bit about flying only with instruments, exactly because it is so dangerous if you don't know how to do it. All the pilots that I know personally (statistically irelevant, I agree) with more than 75-100 hours have at least a few hours of flying with training blinders that allow them to see the instruments, but not outside the cockpit. That means most pilots around here live a lot longer than 180 seconds if they meet a cloud, the 2 big problems are mountains and landings (if the cloud base is very low), there is no good training for that except things like AirNav Pro on a tablet with the right maps and 3D view but that is a measure of last resort, not a training. But in the end I fully agree that if you are not trained, stay away from clouds and fog. I am just pointing the difference between being trained and being licensed, in Romania you cannot get licensed for IFR on planes up to 600 kg, nor are you allowed to fly at night (other EU countries allows it).