We just got snow. Which always starts me wondering why people choose to drive the way they do, given the environment, and road conditions. I have found that 98% of the local population fall into two categories. One that realize that the road conditions are slick, and use a level of caution that actually causes more problems than their level of safety is increased due to the slow speed.
The other half fail to remember their high school physics class material concerning inertia, momentum and the coefficient of friction. I think they assume that the shorter they are driving from point A to point B, the lower their risk of having an accident.