Any time I hear that I wonder what else they're lying about.
10-15 years ago on Cape Cod we had a blizzard on a Sunday night and those folks who "know how to drive in snow" had a record number of accidents Monday morning. As Cape winters do, Tuesday warmed up and most of the snow was gone by Wednesday night, just in time for another blizzard. Thursday morning, the drivers who still had cars set another accident record. Apparently it only took two days for them to forget how to drive in snow.