Quite possibly the difference is between congested warmer Southern driving and open road Northern Scottish…temps this morning were 1 deg, heavy frost. As stated, I do virtually no town driving. Today for example, my Wife’s commute, a few hundred yards from home to a 40mph stretch for a mile or so then dual carriageway for 13ish miles, then a mile of 40 zone to drop wife at work and then turn around and go home.
Work for me is currently at home, but was usually 82 mile round trip, 7-8 miles in city, rest open dual carriageway.
In life, it's not who you know that's important, it's how your wife found out.