Perhaps if the police don’t like the way the public views them, they should try a little more protecting and serving and a little less beating and smashing.

Not in this situation.

For what it's worth, I saw the forecast for 1" of snow tonight yesterday morning. (I remember because at first I misread it and thought it was for Saturday night, and only caught my error when I'd already started to adjust my Saturday plans.)

I assume that DPW can't pivot on a dime to prep the roads if snow has come earlier than expected, but I'm also a little surprised if they weren't prepared by December 1. Supply chain issues possibly?

Speaking for myself, I downvoted your comment because, in the context of this post, it's terrible advice. If you're in a snowstorm (or any kind of storm) and the road conditions have deteriorated, you slow down. Period.

If the rest of traffic are still going at 70-80mph, that does not mean that slowing down was a bad idea. It means that you should get off that road as soon as you can. You do not tell people who are driving slowly in a snowstorm that _they_ might cause an accident because some other morons are still driving like it's the Indianapolis Speedway.