There a lot of people who are convinced that if you have a 4 wheel drive, the laws of physics do not apply to you. A lot of them end up upside down in the median of interstates.
Those dopes also believe that 4-wheel drive rules apply to ice. Sadly, ice always wins. 4wd just assures that you will get in the ditch faster!
True story - Meyer was driving home from his night shift job at 6 AM one Sunday morning. The plows hadn't been out yet, and route 21, a 4-lane divided highway near Akron, had about 6-8 inches of fresh overnight snowfall on it.
Meyer was tooling along at around 40 mph in his 4WD Explorer, minding the conditions of the road. A pair of headlights appeared behind him, closing fairly rapidly. It was a Firebird, intent on making it somewhere before me. I stayed right and let him pass.
A couple of miles farther north, where 21 intersects with I-77, there is a long sweeping curve to the left. As I approached the blind curve, a scene unfolded in front of me - it was the said Firebird pointing the wrong direction, smack dab in the middle of the snowy field, headlights still lit, but the car no longer moving.
I tooted the horn as I tooled on by. Apparently, it was HE that had just gotten the lesson in physics. :)
Or, don’t forget, that buying a $100,000+ car conveys Dale Earnhardt driving skills. I recall being amazed during the dot com boom at seeing 2 car accidents that had to be in the $250,000 damage range, on highway 17 out of Scott’s Valley.