In my defense let me just say this: Try driving anywhere at any time for 12 straight hours with a few breaks. Or 16! Now imagine driving 12 hours in blizzard conditions, in a huge truck behind a plow driving vast volumes of snow, slush and ice. I think you'll get my "drift". And yes, that all depends on the municipality. And not every snow plow you'll encounter is employed by the city, town or state. Some are private contractors on their way to jobs and they are not vetted and are making money by the job or by the foot of snow. To assume that every snow plow driver is a responsible, licensed, trained municipal employee is certainly an option but to assume they're all potential maniacs might be the safer choice.

I stand by my original statement.

"Don't mess with the snowplows!" There are often city wide emergency orders and requests that only emergency vehicles be on the road. Even the most responsible plow operator is operating their vehicle in order to clear the roads for emergency vehicles first- fire trucks, ambulances, police cars. Needless to say they may not be overly sympathetic to those of us who choose to ride our bikes in those conditions- just sayin'- and I'm often out there in the worst of it but I get out of their way and let them do their job.