"Capt. Rob" wrote in message

Sorry, Mooron. Your memory failed you again. We were talking about MY
SUV in conditions found yesterday.

aHEM.....I Believe you stated plainly that "And if you knew anything about
driving you might know that a plowed street can be worse than unplowed."

You actually think that stopping
distances are shorter on ice and packed snow from a plow?!!!

Stopping distances are a function of mass, inertia and friction surface. Now
that this is explained... let's delve further.... powder snow does not
provide friction of any sort..... nor does it radically impede forward
progress unless it exceeds your ground clearance. Windrowing of snow to the
sides of the tire will impede directional stability.... this results in loss
of control. It is not a condition imposed by friction.

Again..... slow your vehicle to maintain an adequate friction circle to
each tire and minimize momentum to existing conditions. No plowed road shows
glare ice under snow. Even minimal compacted snow surface will provide
traction. Traction is control.

Hope that was easy enough to understand for you.

CM-