Last Thursday, Frederick County (where I live in MD) raised a "non emergency vehicles PROHIBITED on roadways, fine-able of $500 if caught" rule. Sorta-kinda knowingly, I still ventured out to go the 30 miles to work (which was the only place open for 30,000 miles!). This "rule" was put in effect due to extreme blizzard conditions that caused up to 8ft drifts across roadways. My county is quite open with sprawling fields so in most cases, you simply had to try to stay between telephone poles to know you were even on the road. Visibility could go from 1/4 mile to 1/4" in a second, as it did quite often. Anyways, I heard about the "rule" but no mention of the fine....

Guess who came to a National Guard/MD State Police roadblock?

Yep.

After 5 minutes of a screaming lecture by MD's finest, I was let go with a warning. I was only about 2 miles from the county border at that point, so he told me NOT to re-enter the county until the "rule" was lifted. I got to work in Montgomery County, where clearly there was no wind and roads were quite clear (that's saying a lot for this county) and after work, headed back home, where the "rule" was still in effect, heh. No issues and conditions were MUCH more improved (took a more wooded route, avoiding open fields).

Needless to say, it was VERY stressful and I was filled with anxiety that entire drive. Conditions were very dangerous and their "rule" was quite justified. I felt like an idiot for thinking I was so "brave", but having no fear of snow, knowledge of vehicle control in various conditions, and having a vehicle that was quite capable (the VX... c'mon, did you think the STi could tackle drifts up to my rooftop?!!), I managed better than most would expect. Good times at the cost of higher blood pressure, heh.

EDIT: I want to add just how AWESOME Nitto Terra Grapplers are in deep snow. I mean, I had NO problems. And we are talking going through snow, in most cases, up to the headlights.