I'm not one of those Northerners who laughs at the Brits and their snow problems. The problem is exactly what you outlined here. In Estonia, students get special classes for driving in snow and ice. We also start teaching our kids ti ski (cross country - not down hill - we ain't got no hills at all here.) at the age of eight in school. But I've seen fathers out with kids younger than that. But as you point out we have enough snow almost every winter to make these activities feasible.

And brava Kari and the brave little Citroen that could!