Coming from the lake effect area of In, I know about driving in snow.But when the TV and radio asks y7ou to stay off the roads its not cause of the wuzzies. Its to get the roads plowed, the streets cleaned and so forth. Many folks understand that and listen, then theres the "I can drive on snow" crowd" So they can most of the time, but oncethey become stuck, and block a road, the problems start. I wont drive my truck on any trip up north in the winter, I'll rent a ft. wheel car.Our 4x4 diesel was even stuck on an off ramp for two hrs till we finally got some yahoo off the ramp.The problem down here is not as many folks do drive smartly even on dry roads.Chains?if you can find them, and try to jack car up with these hidden tire racks, they dont work on ice that well either.