I'm a northern boy, but my first introduction to driving on slick surfaces was Arkansas gumbo. I agree snow and ice have much the same effect on driveability. The benefits of learning on Gumbo are that you cannot slide downhill into trouble.
I once drove from Dodge City, KS to Claremore OK during a snow storm. There was around 8 inches covering the ground. My Ford F-250 had not been raised but had a lot of clearance as it came from the factory.
I can recall it was not particularly slippery but I was leaving deep tracks on the road. I stayed on back country two lanes and did not see another vehicle on the road. I did see a few in the ditch so it must have been slick at one time.
Another thing was the only way I could stay on the road was to stay right in the middle of the trees in Oklahoma where the snow was the deepest. Otherwise there was no way of knowing exactly where the highway was.