Eli5 Why does driving fast in a car feel quicker than flying in a plane?

Question

Despite a plane going much, much faster?

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Answer 1

The closer the objects are, the faster they move, giving you the feeling of speed. If the plane was flying really low, you would notice it’s pretty fast. That’s because we can’t really feel speed, we can only feel acceleration. You can feel being sucked into your seat when taking off. That’s also why we can race on our planet through the solar system and we don’t feel it, because the distances are too big for us to notice anything.