The good thing about growing up in Massachusetts is part of learning to drive involves driving lessons in snow, ice., etc. But sadly, we do let people move here who never learned ... and there are always people who didn't pay attention!

I thought is was tragic when earlier this winter the cold snap hit the deep South, and there were incidences of people dying after venturing out onto ice-covered ponds ... if you don't grow up knowing to check for the thickness of the ice before venturing out, these things happen!