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[QUOTE=stingc]I drive an old (no traction or stability control) Mercedes in the snow all the time, which is RWD. I don't have any problems like you're describing. It's much better with snow tires, but still isn't dangerous without them.
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Agreed, don't need to have snow tires to have good safe driving in the snow and ice...I've driven in horrendous snow and ice with tires so worn that they aren't even a match for rain and I've never had problems with safe driving, if you adapt your driving you don't need any fancy snow tires or bags of sand (unless you get stuck easy)...I live in michigan and we have tons of bad, self-centered driver so here you either learn to drive well or you end up in an accident.
As far as not being able to keep up with traffic, I've run into that situation before...only thing that'll help is better tires (my tires were in terrible condition). As for the spinning out, I've done that before merging onto the expressway going about 20 MPH...it was unavoidable, was a sheet of ice that I didn't see
You live you learn and hopely you don't wreck
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