Comment by alamortsubite

> If you don't do a thing for 6-8mo you're gonna get measurably worse at it. Just how it is. No amount of smug remembering is gonna replace muscle memory and feel.

It's not the muscle memory and feel that matter so much. The second paragraph of your comment seems to agree ("Better to train people to just not get into those situations in the first place."). What matters is the training, such as remembering to slow down in poor conditions (smugly or not) and stay out of those situations.