I drive well in snow; I don't like ice at all. What I dislike are the other drivers, since I can't control how THEY drive.

In a blizzard, a true blizzard: I stop at the foot of a hill to give a lift to a fella whose Cadillac was in the ditch. "How come my caddy's in a ditch and your little Honda is moving without problems?" "Front wheel drive -- all the engine weight is over the drive wheels." "Damn, but that makes sense!"

In a snowstorm, low visibility, at night: a four-wheel-drive pickup truck whips past me, going at least 60 mph on a road I figure is good for 45, max. Two miles later I see him trying to get out of a plowed field, spinning all four wheels, throwing mud and ice and snow everywhere. I trundle on past, still going 45....

They sell studded snow tires here in Idaho; they work okay when the studs are fairly new, but not as well as chains. You have to have them off by March 15 or something. I understand Alaska is much the same.