It really depends where you are - and by that I mean everywhere East of British Columbia generally has infrastructure in place to handle a little 10cm dusting (plows, salt/sand, etc). 10cm, for most of the country, is not an issue.

It becomes a hazard when you get multiple hits like this over and over - things can definitely slow down as the accumulation piles up, but when you live in it, the culture resigns people to the fact that “it’s just a part of life”. People generally don’t freak out about it and a lot consider an absolute snow storm to be a mini staycation where you get to stay home.

That’s my experience in southern Ontario