The problem is, those people KNOW how to drive in that weather, they just don’t think it’s going to happen to them! They get in a hurry and “DAMN THE STORM, FULL SPEED AHEAD!”
I have had trucks and cars pass me doing about 70 in an area of blinding snow or heavy fog, and doing 80 in rain, all on the Illinois tollway.
Egotistical Overconfidence, I call it. They’re the only ones on the road, doncha know?
I’ve had idiots pass me in conditions like that on I-81 south of Syracuse.
Only to pass their overturned vehicle in the median a few miles up the road.