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The only time I've ever had an issue with snow is when I owned an 3 Series Coupe (E46) and struggled to get up a bend on a hill, otherwise as Essex (UK) is pretty flat ground, I've not had an issue.
I understand what some of you are saying, but for the kind of snow we get here in the South of the UK, I wouldn't expect to have to change tyres from Summer ones. I've driven many cars in the snow, all summer tyres and apart from the one instance mentioned above, I've never had an issue.
I owned a Ford Kuga (4WD) and that only had summer tyres and handled the snow exceptionally. My last BMW 3 Series Saloon had run flat summer tyres and that too was fine in the snow, so it's not all down to the tyre type that are you using, it's also how you drive.
Obviously if you are driving around with a couple of MM of tyre tread, then yes, I would expect you to suffer, but I wouldn't say don't drive in snow just because you have summer tyres on!
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