Originally Posted by
tjspiel
We very rarely have just ice on the roads. The only time we get that is when the air temp is fairly warm but the roads are cold. Typically road salt is pretty effective in those situations.
More often an intersection will get icy or it might suddenly turn cold after being warm enough to have standing water.
Plain old ice is very passable on studded tires but I doubt I would venture out into a high traffic area.
Exact situation we had. 31F overnight temperatures after a long stretch of highs in the upper 20s. Then a morning ambient of 35F with rain that froze up into a solid sheet on the pavement. They had prepped all the hills and highways, but didn't do much of anything to this relatively flat stretch of road.