All I'm saying is that a non-instrument rated pilot would have had better odds if they were VFR into IMC and aided by modern avionics as found in new glass cockpit GA aircraft
I think this lies at the heart of the VMC into IMC problem. There are no better odds if you are not instrument rated. The controllability issue is one thing then there is the complete lack of understanding of LSALT and the possible effects of icing. Your odds of crashing into the ground are extremely high and the odds of surviving are extremely low regardless of the instrument fit. Until non-IFR rated pilots understand that the odds are
never in your favour then they will continue to die at a regular interval. The tragedy is that they take others with them.