I've been in a weather situation where I was extremely grateful for the kindness of a stranger. It was winter and I had to drive at night in a much colder, highland area near the Victorian border in Oz.

I live in a temperate/coastal area of NSW and we never experience icy roads here, and very rarely get frost overnight. A kind lady in the café where I had dinner warned me about ice on the roads, and about black ice. I appreciated her local knowledge and that she shared information with me which helped me to stay out of danger - a danger I would have been totally unaware of, due to growing up in and living in a very different type of weather area.

Note: It might interest you to know that I've only seen snow on the ground once in my life, and never seen snow falling.