And when you do help, the other drivers seem totally clueless about keeping the front wheels straight and synching the push/throttle rhythm required for rocking a vehicle out of an icy spot.  The best-intentioned neighbor in the world is powerless against ignorance and unwillingness to listen to coaching.
Stephen 

    On Tuesday, January 26, 2016 4:46 PM, KIM BRENNAN <kimbrennan@MAC.COM> wrote:
 

 So, I’ve been stuck in my neighborhood since the big snow storm. I knew that even with good snow tires, I wasn’t going to be able to drive through 21” in my Syncro. And the tires on my passenger van were from from new (Nokian Hakkapalitas, 215/75R16). On the other paw I noticed a stack of snow tires in my garage. I figured today the snow pack had scrunched down enough that I might be able to make a run of it with those real snow tires. 

Vredestein Winter Comtracs 225/75R15. Shorter than the other tires, but with tons of great tread. So I started out. Managed to get nearly all the way out of the neighborhood when I got stuck behind someone else…who was driving a pickup truck with nothing in the bed of his vehicle. Doesn’t matter if you have 4wd, if you don’t have the weight to cut through the snow. I turned around and drove back home (which is what I would have done if I had made it the last 100 yards to the plowed street). I wonder how long it will take that person to get unstuck? (and no, I consciously chose to not help him, as it is the bad neighbor from across the street who has damaged 2 of my vehicles, and littered the park land next to my properly and  multiple other offenses.)