We call it the "California effect" here.
At least, most of the native Seattlelites do. And they do it with rain, instead. In snow, almost everybody ('cept me) forgets how to drive. Don't ask me where I got my 1337 m4d h4x0r 5|<11lz when it comes to snow driving - I have no idea.
"...the middle of fighting a war against religious extremism is not the time to do something offensive to God." - Some idiot.