Back when I lived in Taxachusetts, I put studded snow tires on all four wheels. Never had a problem in snow or on ice. I could go, steer, and stop. Since then, they banned studded snow tires because they were "tearing up the pavement." Truth was, the weather was tearing the roads up faster. The pot holes, cracked and heaved roads were the definitive proof. The death toll due to icy roads and common sense doesn't matter back there.
I moved to Oklahoma in '89 and haven't noticed a lack of common sense near the extent it is lacking back east.
Woody