Plastic soils rut when wet. If you have a road made of plastic soils, it will eventually rut, retain water in ruts likely. Soil scientists typically rate soils as to whether they are plastic, and you roll them out when wet into a pencil form like clay or play dough. Plastic soils dont typically compact, they displace, leaving a rut when traversed wet. A soil scientist may give you a better explanation or more detail.