제차 두대다 awd이고 지금은 눈도 거의 안오는곳에 살지만… 예전 캐나다에 살때 SUV들이 오히려 AWD 믿고 어디 쳐박는 확률이 높다고 생각 했는데 실제 스웨덴에서 연구 결과 도 있네요.
https://www-esv.nhtsa.dot.gov/Proceedings/25/25ESV-000260.pdf
“The results for roads covered with ice or snow showed that injury crashes increased by 19-31% with AWD. Similar
results were found for head-on and single-vehicle crashes. No significant difference was found between Permanent
and Automatic AWD. On icy or snowy roads, AWD cars had a 13-15% higher impact severity than 2WD cars,
which corresponded to an 8-10% increase of impact speed for AWD cars. On dry or wet roads, no differences
were found between AWD and 2WD. Although based on a limited material, the survey indicated that AWD and
2WD cars had similar distributions of winter tires.
The results suggested that AWD may lead drivers to underestimate the level of available friction on icy or snowy
roads and therefore to drive at faster speeds than they would do with a 2WD car. Therefore it is recommended that
AWD should not be advertised as a safety feature. The necessity of fitting AWD on a wide range of car models
should be carefully reconsidered. AWD technologies should be further developed so that slippery road conditions
are not disguised by the increased traction provided by AWD.”