Or when flying en-route you encounter an engine failure and then you have at least some time when reaching 800 ft to choose a place to land. Compared to 200ft cloudbase. So then 800 ft cloudbase must be more safe to fly in than 200 ft when it comes to engine failure?
That works.
Provided the terrain elevation stays at zero, or at least, well below 800'. And you know the cloud isn't lower anywhere en-route.