Good point. Drive a Forester with all studded snow tires. Have them on all the cars in the house (separate rims). It is a pain to change them all in April and November, but they make an incredible difference. I am amazed at the SUVs I see during the PA winters with summer tires.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSyB_hDKS-g&feature=related
Follow-up video a day later.
Appears to be a real accident in Russia.
(I didn’t know they drove on the right hand side of the road.)
Studded tires? Well, yes and no. My state’s take:
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/research/reports/fullreports/551.1.pdf
Drivers who live in a wintery clime, seldom take the opportunity to take their primary auto out to an desolated road, empty parking lot, with icy or snow driving conditions; when you max out the capabilities of your auto, tires, self...and practice it; there’s a good chance you’d avoid the out of control actions from the video.
It’s not unlike owning a firearm, you have to practice with it, under different conditions to improve.
A Skip Barber defensive driving course helps too. :)