Back in the old days, starting off in second gear was the best way to get traction on snow or ice. I don’t know if today’s positraction rearends help or not.
The biggest danger I see isn’t “idiots” who’ve never seen snow, but idiots who see no downside in jabbering away on a cell phone while in traffic and at the wheel.
Cell phone users have probably killed more people than ice and snow on roads. If they haven’t yet, they will pass slick roads as killers soon.