Most people posting here don't seem to realize the very important difference between snowy roads and icy roads.

Snowy roads are not much of a problem. Remember the phrase "nothing abrupt." Also remember that driving in snow takes more fuel. Of course, if the snowfall is so heavy you can't see far, then go slowly or try to get off the road for a while.

Icy roads are much more dangerous and unpredictable. I'm sure that most of the cases of cars off the road, cars that couldn't get up hills, and cars sliding are due to ice, not to snow. When it's icy, stay off the roads if at all possible.

Those of you who live where it's bitterly cold and snowy have got to realize that mild climates which produce icy roads are more dangerous to drivers.