I’m a 62 yr old female, never in my life have I put snow tires on any of my cars. My husband is 72 and never had snow tires either. The best thing…drive slower when it snows, not just because you might skid, but others are idiots. When my car goes into a skid, I let go and just go with it. Our tendency is to control it, trust me, you can’t. I had a stick shift Honda Accord and in 2011 my husband and I were driving from Bangor back to Gorham. We saw more than 14 cars off the road or in an accident along the way on 95. Just plain tires and we were fine. And that car was a bitch in the snow.