A bit of snow and much of Europe comes to a halt!
The Netherlands, this morning: almost 600km of traffic jams (ONLY on the motorways), last Thursday 871km (that's from Amsterdam to Poznan!). Trains delayed or even cancelled.
It's the same everywhere in Europe, except for Scandinavia. I guess it's easier for them: their winter is much more predictable - you pretty much know when it starts and when it ends and you know there'll be huge amounts of snow. Therefore, you can invest more in snow plows, gritters, etc ... .
For the UK, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, etc ... it doesn't make much sense to invest that much money.
And ... to be fair to the English: it's their worst winter in over 20 years.