Oh yes icy roads are extremely common here. I've had my share of hitting stuff, being hit, sliding into things, almost being hit etc. I just don't have a near death experience icy driving story.
One time i slid into a street sign and it flew like 20 feet up onto a house's concrete front porch and made the loudest clanging noise ive ever heard. I got the heck out of there. The city bills you to put the sign back in. I think its a few hundred bucks. Ahhhh! Im so evil!