leaving your actual honest-to-God SNOW TIRES on all year around.
Down here, we’uns don’t have “snow tires” we have
Mud Grips, and we leave them on year round just to
get out of the drive way.
M/T ‘Mud Tires’ are almost worthless in snow and less than worthless on ice. Just don’t see M/T tires in northern Nevada, as they’re the surest mark of a rube. We don’t even have mud in Summer and mudders are worthless in Winter. They’re for people in other parts of the country.
Not that they would have helped much in the conditions in Atlanta, but the only highly regarded tires here are heavily-siped A/T tires with the snowflake logo. These will have pilot holes for studs which are almost overkill.
Best tires I know for icy conditions are the Nokian Hakkepaliitta or Bridgestone Blizzaks. For trucks, it’s the Goodyear Duratracs. They’re all heavily siped and can be studded. But M/T mud tires, you’re probably better off driving with bald tires on ice.