Or we have become a nation of luxury car drivers all of which are worse in the snow than cars of 20 years ago and we now commute much longer distances than at any point in our history while snowy weather has become less and less common? Everyone loves a good exaggeration especially the 24\7 media!
I’m wondering if my nigh 2 ton near 20yr old 7 Series is any better or worse than modern cars in the snow, it’s got wide low profile tyres (although tbh similar sizes these days are found on cars like Astras etc) I had no issues (despite living on a hill with untreated roads) but saw no end of people stuck simply because they thought flooring the throttle was the way to make progress, seems to be down to lack of experience and / or common sense from what I’ve observed.
I had a delivery last week where I sat for two hours waiting for the goods in staff to arrive eventually a guy walked in having abandoned his car at the bottom of the hill the industrial estate was on, the same hill I’d driven up earlier and the only issue I had leaving was negotiating the plethora of dumped cars - and 4x4’s....
Bar a few locations it’s not been particularly bad imo yet as you say from media reports you’d think the second ice age had arrived with a vengeance!