I mentioned in an earlier bread that 4WD is of no help in a black ice situation. 4WD is all go and no slow
I'm guessing you have never driven on true black ice before, there's not much that can help you when you hit it and the last thing you will think about doing is accelerating. He said he was already moving
Come talk to me when you have been sideways driving an MCI J4500 full of people sideways because of black ice. I still don't think you have any idea what real black ice is.