C Dagcote im from seattle and i stood outside with my equipment helping everyone that need help i did it for 4 hours and now is not my job i just wanted to help don’t judge people by one or two person action
Rear wheal drive performance cars with wide tires are the last vehicle you want in these conditions. Front wheel drive with narrow tires have much better traction in the snow.
@@JakeRoot Thanks for the info, but was surprised that snow is rare. I have lived in Chicagoland all my life and have to go back to the 1970's when I used winter tires on a little Corolla and weighted down the trunk.
It's not the RWD it's the tires. They have street easy ride tires, with low resistance and low grip. Friend of mine drives a camaro all year round. She just puts the right tires on. So do I.
yeah, he's teaching them a lesson about spending less money at starbucks and more at the tire shop. not my job to hurt my back, or slip and fall, and get hit by someone texting and driving cuz im standing on a road. fuck off dumb ass.
If someone needs help, help them. It's that simple. To stand there knowing there struggling only shows them that acting that way is fine. If you show compassion it opens a window and sometimes the asshole might become nice because he saw someone else do the same for a complete stranger
I have driven in snow and icy conditions like this before. It is not fun and you are constantly on guard for out of control cars. I am originally from Meadville, Pennsylvania which is in NW PA. between Pittsburgh and Erie. Snow is not the problem. It is when it melts and refreezes overnight. That is when it gets nerve-wracking.
I currently live in Erie and that pretty much sums it up. My Focus RS even with summer tires could get around okay but winter tires make a huge difference. I'm now driving a Raptor and aside from hitting black ice (happened yesterday on I-86), it's stable and unfazed by the road conditions even in 2wd.
With the proper winter tires and some weight in the trunk, those cars would have been fine. I get around without problems in a RWD car but I have sand tubes in the trunk for weight and Blizzaks.
Blizzaks and Michelin X-Ices are the best! Actually, they don't get enough snow in Seattle to make snow tires worth it. Better to bed down where you're at and wait it out. It'll melt the next day.
The fancy alloy wheels with their fat low profile tires might look good in the summer but come the snow, they are utterly useless! You would think that if you can afford to drive a Mercedes, you would be able to afford a set of winter tires. It's not rocket science, winter tires really do work! The clue's in winter :))
People from New York, Michigan, and Minnesota say the same thing... Until they've been in Seattle, and experienced it for themselves. Then they get it instantly. People have no idea just how mountainous this area is. Both these shots are on a pretty decent grade.
Sometimes I use 2nd gear to get up the hills in Seattle. I'd LOVE to see you people bragging about how good you drive in snow come here and put your money where your mouth is by driving up and down the hills on the ice and snow here. Well, maybe better not. I don't want to hurt myself laughing at you all when you can't drive in this snow either.
Guy in the Mercedes should have just parked it or just drive home backward. The photographer could have offered to give him a push instead of just watching him!
Why would you want him to kill himself pushing that expensive POS all over town? It can't even move on flat ground.... Maybe the owner of the Mercedes should have asked the photographer to drive and he push his car!
In that case you would not have left a comment because there would be no video of it. If a tree falls in the forest you can only learn about it if there is a video of it
@@terrencebradley5417 and the best way no to get stuck up the hill you just blow the traffic light if it's red or the stop sign, if dumb police stops you tell them try to stop up the hill
Since moving to Tacoma, I’ve noticed Washingtonians are very dramatic with weather descriptions. Moderate rain is a “storm” and 6” of snow is a “blizzard”
mark scott it is not how deep the snow is ,, if the road is wet then suddenly freezes it turns to ice, even a dusting of snow would make it difficult to drive , And with all the huge hills in the Seattle area that makes it more difficult. In this case they should not be driving at all more so when they only have summer tires
Haha u for real? Summer tires and snow dont mix.. rwd work way better then fwd in snow with winter tires. Americans never gets it? 4wd/awd aint helping a shit to with shitty tires
Let's be fair; people who don't know how to drive in snow, regardless of what they're in, is a bad mix. I've owned rear-wheel drive (sporty) cars on studded snow tires that went places my 4x4 suburban couldn't make it on all-weather tires. It's more to do with the driver though. See him rock the car back and fourth at all? No, because noob. He should have stayed in his heated garage that day.
No you don't need winter tires, studded tires, all weather tires here in Seattle . This much snow happens like hardly ever. In fact 1949 was the last time we had this much snow in a 7 day period. All you need is around $75 bucks for c-cam tire chains which I put on my 1992 F-250 in about 10 min or less including 2 bungees. Same style as you see on big rigs just smaller. When you get out of the snow they take seconds to take off. They even have socks you can put over tires now that take even less time then chains to get you up a hill if you break traction. Expensive tires are for places that have snow events on a regular basis like eastern Wa.
Superbig blue, I agree to a point. The biggest thing is, if you are not prepared, don't go out. Don't wait to get stuck to put on any traction devises. This an annoyance and a danger to you and everyone around you. As for the greatest amount of snow since 1949. This may be true, I do not know. I do know that since 1998 we have had greater accumulations of snow here in Tacoma.
WRONG 1969 had 22"+ over 5 days 1989 Had 14" over 2 days 1990 had 16" over 3 days 1996 had over 2 feet in 4 days 2008 had close to 20" in 3 days 2012 had 13" over 3 days Care to revise your BS statement w/factual data? Oh wait, I just did it for you.
During these trying times, I was standing on my balcony with a cup of Land O lakes hot chocolate, reminiscing the past few snow days within the decade.
Very nice and fancy cars and they cannot slap some good winter tires on them. I´ve gone through four winters with a FWD Ford Fusion and a RWD Chevy Astro fitted with winter tires without a single slip.
kt4ever02 weird, if there was really “2 inches” of ice under that dust of snow why aren’t all the cars sliding around then?🤔 they just have bad tires my guy😂🤷♀️
Where I live, people have long lost any form of common sense and can't drive when it's dry, let alone when it's raining or heaven forbid snow. Oh wait, I live in Seattle.
The driver in the white car : it must feel like life is passing him up!! These two cars look like they're are not meant to be driven in this conditions!!
When you approach an icy slope, you need to gear down, pick up speed and not change anything during the climb. If you don't get enough speed, you will wind up like this.
When you yelled "I think he's got it," I busted out laughing. That whole scene was office-level cringe strangeness. I have so many questions for everyone there.
Why drive in snow when knowing tires are bald and shitty? I buy new tires every 4 years and I have awd car. I drove on 7 inches snow going uphill just fine!
That my friends, is why you need studded tires in winter. They say this is the worst snow storm since 1949 in Seattle. I believe it. Last time it snowed 2012 and 2009.
I had to use a few T shirts (work uniforms) 🤣🤣to get unstuck out of the snow in the middle of no where by sticking them under the tires that were slipping thus giving it enough traction to get the car back on the road.. 1998 Acura TL FWD 😬. I strangest thing about the entire situation is I don't know who or what gave me the ideal to use a Tshirt to help with traction and the fact that it did indeed work..
I owned a Lexus with rear wheel drive for 5 years in UTAH, but at least when i got stuck like Mercedes, people does help me push the car instead of filming whole time. Just feel bad for Mercedes drive.
Looks like ice and sleet mix. They need winter tires and 4 wheel drive. Then they will get traction to move forward carefully. Also helps if the city salts the roads. Best of luck. I’ve driven many difficult roads But one day there was a quick sheet of ice built up on existing snow. On my 45 minute commute home I skidded 6 times even though I have a great record, no accidents. Last skid I gently slowly skidded into a light pole. I was going so very slow there was no damage. But skidding can easily happen under certain conditions.
Low profile "cool looking" tires suck in any sort of weather. California idiots come up here and think that it never rains or snows and then get stuck or hydroplane off the road.
You know I lived in Seattle from 81 to 98 and never saw anything close. Hell I currently live in southern Scandinavia since 2015 and haven't seen anything close.
Doesn't look too bad, down in Spanaway we had about a foot of snow. If you didn't have 4x4, you weren't getting anywhere. Didn't stop you from sliding all over the place once you got going though, so of course everybody was still trying to do 65+. Had a guy spin out behind me on the Puyallup River Bridge because he thought tailgating was a good idea.
Simply drivers that set their beautiful rwd cars up for summer performance but didn't account for winter and didn't invest in winter tires. I drive a full size rwd sedan and it handles great with a set of winter tires on it. I use Michelin x ice on all four tires.
Where I live people offer help instead of filming.
lol right, just stood there filming instead of trying to help
I tried helping out this girl and she said no
DEFAULT-SKIN-2018 hey at least you tried
C Dagcote im from seattle and i stood outside with my equipment helping everyone that need help i did it for 4 hours and now is not my job i just wanted to help
don’t judge people by one or two person action
It could be worse, he could be filming vertically with his phone.
Story goes that Mercedes is still going in reverse.
😂😂😂😂
Yeah that was wierd.
he should have backed up the hill
People have no clue how to drive here in normal conditions, much less the snow. People driving cars like that, even less so.
"Slip-slidin' away, slip-slidin' away, you know the nearer your destination the more you're slip-slidin' away"...
That Holden Commodore is very far from its home...
Christopher Schadl it’s a Chevy SS
@@KenFrmThaChi With a Holden bedge
Ishay Bar-Yosef you can actually purchase the emblem from Chevy and put it on the car but that’s a Holden
Bloody oath it is
The Prius zooms by the Mercedes. That’s humiliating.
Myles Gray the trick is not to stop on a hill.
Cool Cat True that, and easy on the throttle!
Hmmm no chains
Rear wheal drive performance cars with wide tires are the last vehicle you want in these conditions. Front wheel drive with narrow tires have much better traction in the snow.
@@mylesgray3470 rear wheel or not, put it in low gear and easy on the gas. He would have been set.
All the commentators here seem to be ignoring the hundreds of cars in the background driving just fine.
Ya, lol because they got front wheel drive, these mother fuckers out here in rear wheel drive on snow.... Lol
I don't understand why they are stuck in less than 2 inches of snow!! Is it the kind of cars they have??
@@roxiefern well they're RWD, and probably running summer tires since snow is pretty rare here.
@@JakeRoot Thanks for the info, but was surprised that snow is rare. I have lived in Chicagoland all my life and have to go back to the 1970's when I used winter tires on a little Corolla and weighted down the trunk.
It's not the RWD it's the tires. They have street easy ride tires, with low resistance and low grip. Friend of mine drives a camaro all year round. She just puts the right tires on. So do I.
This guy filming is a real piece of work
LMFAO
Fancy cars of Bellevue but no money for a set of winter tires... hm.
Broken Motor Wagen exactly
They can't afford tires after spending $600/mo on car payments.
Nobody expected the snow, we hadn’t had that much snow in years. And lots of hills!
@@northwestbojak1670 They ware talking about it coming, weeks before.
Winter tires are overrated. Most people buy them to help compensate for their poor driving skills.
Awesome ad for Mercedes. It Moonwalks!
This is such a lovely scene, night with all the lights of the buildings and cars all in the snow , love it :D
Dude, rock it. Back and forth, R an D....over and over, tires straight....and out. Love from Michigan
not so easy without winter tires on ice and snow lol
Dude in the blue car kicks snow from the sides of his front tires as if that's going to help his rear wheel drive out.
and brakes when he is finally moving
👏👏👏👏 to the woman who took the lead and tried to help👏👏👏👏
Great time to realize you have an 80K PO$!
Thanks 4 sharing this!
Wow... So instead of trying to help them you just recorded them and laughed... That doesn't say much about the type of person recording this.
yeah, he's teaching them a lesson about spending less money at starbucks and more at the tire shop. not my job to hurt my back, or slip and fall, and get hit by someone texting and driving cuz im standing on a road. fuck off dumb ass.
If someone needs help, help them. It's that simple. To stand there knowing there struggling only shows them that acting that way is fine. If you show compassion it opens a window and sometimes the asshole might become nice because he saw someone else do the same for a complete stranger
He said "Good Luck". What more do you want?
I have driven in snow and icy conditions like this before. It is not fun and you are constantly on guard for out of control cars. I am originally from Meadville, Pennsylvania which is in NW PA. between Pittsburgh and Erie. Snow is not the problem. It is when it melts and refreezes overnight. That is when it gets nerve-wracking.
I currently live in Erie and that pretty much sums it up. My Focus RS even with summer tires could get around okay but winter tires make a huge difference. I'm now driving a Raptor and aside from hitting black ice (happened yesterday on I-86), it's stable and unfazed by the road conditions even in 2wd.
With the proper winter tires and some weight in the trunk, those cars would have been fine. I get around without problems in a RWD car but I have sand tubes in the trunk for weight and Blizzaks.
Blizzaks and Michelin X-Ices are the best! Actually, they don't get enough snow in Seattle to make snow tires worth it. Better to bed down where you're at and wait it out. It'll melt the next day.
Oh... and Blizzaks. That helps.
The fancy alloy wheels with their fat low profile tires might look good in the summer but come the snow, they are utterly useless! You would think that if you can afford to drive a Mercedes, you would be able to afford a set of winter tires. It's not rocket science, winter tires really do work! The clue's in winter :))
Blizzard, what blizzard? In Michigan, we would call this a light dusting of snow. This should be on the comedy channel.
People from New York, Michigan, and Minnesota say the same thing... Until they've been in Seattle, and experienced it for themselves. Then they get it instantly.
People have no idea just how mountainous this area is. Both these shots are on a pretty decent grade.
That was after one night of snow fall. We got like a foot after a week
Ikr I live in Pennsylvania use to live in Michigan and they close all the schools because of 3" of snow SMH...
We have about 3 feet up in northern ny . If these cars had some nice studded snow tires everyone would have made it
Sometimes I use 2nd gear to get up the hills in Seattle. I'd LOVE to see you people bragging about how good you drive in snow come here and put your money where your mouth is by driving up and down the hills on the ice and snow here. Well, maybe better not. I don't want to hurt myself laughing at you all when you can't drive in this snow either.
good job great video
Guy in the Mercedes should have just parked it or just drive home backward.
The photographer could have offered to give him a push instead of just watching him!
Why would you want him to kill himself pushing that expensive POS all over town? It can't even move on flat ground....
Maybe the owner of the Mercedes should have asked the photographer to drive and he push his car!
In that case you would not have left a comment because there would be no video of it. If a tree falls in the forest you can only learn about it if there is a video of it
He tells him “Good Luck” while filming...🧐
And have a nice day!
Here's a thought: Why don't you two go over and PUSH?
Okay so they did but then once he starts moving, he hits the brakes. Guys, you'd never survive in Minnesota.
@@terrencebradley5417 they will never survive in Ukraine it's where I born. Ukraine gets more snow then Minnesota
@@terrencebradley5417 and the best way no to get stuck up the hill you just blow the traffic light if it's red or the stop sign, if dumb police stops you tell them try to stop up the hill
Put it in a lower gear and don't give it so much gas. It's not hard c'mon.
Since moving to Tacoma, I’ve noticed Washingtonians are very dramatic with weather descriptions. Moderate rain is a “storm” and 6” of snow is a “blizzard”
Yeah Mark you’re full of it.
mark scott it is not how deep the snow is ,, if the road is wet then suddenly freezes it turns to ice, even a dusting of snow would make it difficult to drive , And with all the huge hills in the Seattle area that makes it more difficult. In this case they should not be driving at all more so when they only have summer tires
I've lived here all my life and I laugh at the descriptions. The news has been dumbed down and sensationalized.
SNOWPOCLYPES
It gets pretty bad when one of the longer buses or long freight trucks jackknife.
The Mercedes driver needed to turn off his traction control. The Holden driver needed snow tires.
It’s a holden not Toyota
Rear wheel drive and snow dont mix. Prius wins.
Haha u for real? Summer tires and snow dont mix.. rwd work way better then fwd in snow with winter tires. Americans never gets it? 4wd/awd aint helping a shit to with shitty tires
Let's be fair; people who don't know how to drive in snow, regardless of what they're in, is a bad mix.
I've owned rear-wheel drive (sporty) cars on studded snow tires that went places my 4x4 suburban couldn't make it on all-weather tires.
It's more to do with the driver though. See him rock the car back and fourth at all? No, because noob. He should have stayed in his heated garage that day.
Ya, exactly.
@@Local_Boydidgood I was wondering why he didn't try rocking back and forth.
Shut off the traction control! Doesn't do any good on snow like this. Have to get your tires spinning!
Everyone here talking about the cars and snow. That shorty who was helping to push that car looked mighty fine. Hi there!
The people in their cars are probably pissed you’re standing there recording them and not helping lol
I know right. If this was on the east coast that dude would have gotten hit with snowballs and cursed out.
To be fair, these idiot drivers did it to themselves by not putting the right tires on them.
Thumbs Up Liked, and a song for you all. The weather outside is so delightful, let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let it Snow !
I helped push a sexy car like that once and got accused of scratching the paint. pretty boys are on there own
A kid from the town I live in took his plow truck over there and made 35k in 5 days.
How about your plow
Damn How much did he charge and would he go up to peoples houses to ask
yea i heard about that :) was a great feel good story :)
@trucker's destiny correct! Most people's salary is 35k yearly
Exactly why I love my AWD Volvo wagon. 👍
Hopefully we get more this year..❄️❄️
Note to self: Always buy a truck!! And stay in Minnesota where people help each other!
BTW this is NOT a blizzard!
Legend has it the Benz is still back up till this very day
Great content, cool cars
I been watching him for 15 minutes 😂
Poor guy sitting there spinning his tires and no ones helping lol.
FYI If you spin your tires for a long time in an auto trans car the trans will be damaged. Also, the spinning polishes the ice so it just gets worse.
Now that is a lot of snow!!! Thanks for sharing
Those people who finally help push reminded me of cavemen trying something new for the first time.
No you don't need winter tires, studded tires, all weather tires here in Seattle . This much snow happens like hardly ever. In fact 1949 was the last time we had this much snow in a 7 day period. All you need is around $75 bucks for c-cam tire chains which I put on my 1992 F-250 in about 10 min or less including 2 bungees. Same style as you see on big rigs just smaller. When you get out of the snow they take seconds to take off. They even have socks you can put over tires now that take even less time then chains to get you up a hill if you break traction.
Expensive tires are for places that have snow events on a regular basis like eastern Wa.
I have picks in the 70s 3 to 5 inches.
If you don't have all season tires, you are unprepared and foolish.
Superbig blue, I agree to a point. The biggest thing is, if you are not prepared, don't go out. Don't wait to get stuck to put on any traction devises. This an annoyance and a danger to you and everyone around you.
As for the greatest amount of snow since 1949. This may be true, I do not know. I do know that since 1998 we have had greater accumulations of snow here in Tacoma.
WRONG
1969 had 22"+ over 5 days
1989 Had 14" over 2 days
1990 had 16" over 3 days
1996 had over 2 feet in 4 days
2008 had close to 20" in 3 days
2012 had 13" over 3 days
Care to revise your BS statement w/factual data?
Oh wait, I just did it for you.
Just buy unstudded tires
@9:33 the women telling the dude how to drive = priceless lol she was right once In motion don't stop Mr. I.t tech ...
During these trying times, I was standing on my balcony with a cup of Land O lakes hot chocolate, reminiscing the past few snow days within the decade.
The Benz needs to turn off his traction control!
A shovel and a big bag of sand are optional extras in a Merc
yeah man put the camera down and help the guy bro.here in kentucky we help each other plus we know how to drive on snow.
Snow Tries. A lot of people don't know tires make a huge difference. There is a difference between all season and all weather tires.
6:50 when the Prius beats the Mercedes up the hill
When your tires break traction, (spin), giving it more gas doesn't do any good. Drive gently.
That Merc was hilarious & the dude laughing was contagious, that blue sadan - what a piece of tin, hopefully that dude sold it on
I wish I had been there. I would have offered the poor guy a push instead of laughing at him.
I am planning on staying home as much as I can when it snows out this snow season of Seattle 2022 lol.
to that Mercedes owner in the beginning: hunny you should've got the 4Matic LMAO
Taylor Haney that’s what in was thinking!
*are you filming me?*
*Yeeaeeaaahhh* no answer as to why either I was dying 😂😂😂
Very nice and fancy cars and they cannot slap some good winter tires on them. I´ve gone through four winters with a FWD Ford Fusion and a RWD Chevy Astro fitted with winter tires without a single slip.
Nothing like having good snow tires.
good rear wheel drive. enjoy.your performance
Sad thing is that this isn’t even considered “bad” winter weather where I live😂 the Plows wouldn’t even come out in this weather lmao.
Theres two inches of ice underneath that "dust" of snow. This is 2nd round of snowstorm after the big one had already hit.
kt4ever02 weird, if there was really “2 inches” of ice under that dust of snow why aren’t all the cars sliding around then?🤔 they just have bad tires my guy😂🤷♀️
Actually this is NE 8th Bellevue
Who exactly is we ?
Where I live, people have long lost any form of common sense and can't drive when it's dry, let alone when it's raining or heaven forbid snow. Oh wait, I live in Seattle.
A little common sense really does go along way......or maybe not !
The driver in the white car : it must feel like life is passing him up!! These two cars look like they're are not meant to be driven in this conditions!!
They probably think they would void the warranty by letting a little air out of the tires.
iguana
SHOUT OUT TO THAT LADY FOR HAVING BIGGER BALLS AND BIGGER HEART THAN THE CAMERA MAN.
He's the camera man for a reason lol
I love my 20 inch rims. I love my low profile tires. I love endangering others. Idiots!!!!!
It happened also here when it gets heavy snow and slippery road
"Sadly, not all of the wilder beast complete the entire journey...".
When you approach an icy slope, you need to gear down, pick up speed and not change anything during the climb. If you don't get enough speed, you will wind up like this.
Have these drivers never heard of chains or if Washington allows, studded tires?
10:40 Acura RDX just casually cruises by.
Purple car guy looks like he's never been in snow before
What does it take to make it up these Seattle hills on a snowy winter day? Just good snow tires or tire chains or studded tires?
When you yelled "I think he's got it," I busted out laughing. That whole scene was office-level cringe strangeness. I have so many questions for everyone there.
Snow Tires
At least not low profile street racing tires.
I bet those tires are bald.
@@entropyregen7438
Summer tires
Why drive in snow when knowing tires are bald and shitty? I buy new tires every 4 years and I have awd car. I drove on 7 inches snow going uphill just fine!
Goes to show you that being rich doesn't mean you have to be smart. Stunning lack of basic physics!
That my friends, is why you need studded tires in winter. They say this is the worst snow storm since 1949 in Seattle. I believe it. Last time it snowed 2012 and 2009.
hilariously, on the ballot is the banning of winder tires in Washington, because they "hurt the road"
A lot of people in Seattle have studded tires and the roads show it with two tire grooves.
I’d help, they did call for a snow storm. I was home in front of a warm fire.
The mercedes car is my dream car 😍 but I would put on winter tires on it
Obviously had such shitty tires with no thread that it just slipped
Carry some kitty litter in your car in the winter!
No interest in helping? Filiming is important, but im sure you couldve helped some of these people move along a lot quicker with a little push
Liability m8
Are you kidding? Don't touch or help anyone anymore or you will be #metoo'd
You gotta get those videos out there
People helped him. I don’t want shaky cameramen, so I need to take Dramamine! At some point he’s gonna hit a higher grade slope and he is done.
any one dumb enough to drive in these conditions with summer tires do not deserve help
I had to use a few T shirts (work uniforms) 🤣🤣to get unstuck out of the snow in the middle of no where by sticking them under the tires that were slipping thus giving it enough traction to get the car back on the road.. 1998 Acura TL FWD 😬. I strangest thing about the entire situation is I don't know who or what gave me the ideal to use a Tshirt to help with traction and the fact that it did indeed work..
Funny how these cars drive perfectly in the commercials with snow.
I owned a Lexus with rear wheel drive for 5 years in UTAH, but at least when i got stuck like Mercedes, people does help me push the car instead of filming whole time. Just feel bad for Mercedes drive.
The seller mustve convinced them rear wheel drive r cheaper in Seattle.
cant get over how clean that Mercedes is at that time of the year in a snow storm, guy must have just washed it , lol
Let's go out in the snow in our rear wheel cars plebes lol.🏆👍🏻
Looks like ice and sleet mix. They need winter tires and 4 wheel drive. Then they will get traction to move forward carefully. Also helps if the city salts the roads. Best of luck. I’ve driven many difficult roads But one day there was a quick sheet of ice built up on existing snow. On my 45 minute commute home I skidded 6 times even though I have a great record, no accidents. Last skid I gently slowly skidded into a light pole. I was going so very slow there was no damage. But skidding can easily happen under certain conditions.
Carros de lujo valiendo comino con la nieve
3:00 I’d be big mad if some guy was just standing recording me not tryna help lmao
3 days we’ll see this again 😟
Word is, he keeps following the guy with his phone.
Blizzard ?
LOL
🤣🤣
What's with the darker cars tires? Even when leveled out of icy snow wheels kept spinning as every other car easily drives by?
Low profile "cool looking" tires suck in any sort of weather. California idiots come up here and think that it never rains or snows and then get stuck or hydroplane off the road.
You know I lived in Seattle from 81 to 98 and never saw anything close. Hell I currently live in southern Scandinavia since 2015 and haven't seen anything close.
Doesn't look too bad, down in Spanaway we had about a foot of snow. If you didn't have 4x4, you weren't getting anywhere. Didn't stop you from sliding all over the place once you got going though, so of course everybody was still trying to do 65+. Had a guy spin out behind me on the Puyallup River Bridge because he thought tailgating was a good idea.
Simply drivers that set their beautiful rwd cars up for summer performance but didn't account for winter and didn't invest in winter tires. I drive a full size rwd sedan and it handles great with a set of winter tires on it. I use Michelin x ice on all four tires.
the use of winter tyres might help
I miss Washington State.
I live in the tropics now.