This is a truly excellent point. It applies to people, too: what will someone do if they are driving through the snow for the first time EVER, if they had live

This is a truly excellent point. It applies to people, too: what will someone do if they are driving through the snow for the first time EVER, if they had lived in a temperate climate and just moved? They will go very slow and perhaps it is not an exaggeration to say they will re-learn. Humans are learning constantly. In fact if there were some natural disaster (lava flow) and a human saw another car drive across some set lava on the way out of town (as more lava is rushing toward them) then a human will go ahead and follow, after seeing the other car make it through. If they see another car try to go across but get stuck on, they might take a detour and go find some intact bridge or other way to pass. Actually, what you call "general" might be as much as general intelligence...