I have driven through NE winters on BFG KDW's and Kuhmo 712's. I drove like grandma, and did my best to wait for the streets to clear up. That was a scary experience, but it was doable. I never went over 5mph on snow covered streets, and went really slow in the right hand lane on the highway. I probably deserve one of these

But my job was only 2miles away, and you never really have to go anywhere in the snow. Park the car and fire up some hot chocolate.