WASHINGTON (AP) — The wife of Renee Good, the woman shot and killed in her car by a federal immigration agent in Minneapolis, says the couple had stopped to support their neighbors on the day of the shooting and described the mother of three as leaving a legacy of kindness.
“We had whistles. They had guns,” Becca Good said in a written statement Friday that was provided to Minnesota Public Radio.
The statement was her first public comment about the death of Renee Good, 37, who was killed Wednesday after three Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers surrounded her Honda Pilot SUV on a snowy street a few blocks from the couple’s home. Video taken by bystanders show an officer approaching the SUV stopped across the middle of the road, demanding the driver open the door and grabbing the handle.
Trump administration officials have painted Renee Good as a domestic terrorist who tried to run over an officer with her vehicle. State and local officials in Minneapolis, as well as protesters, have rejected that characterization.
Yep, this is the answer. Slap winter tires on that puppy. AWD/4WD is way overrated as a general rule. Every car has all-wheel stop and things like AWD only tend to give people over-confidence in their traction that they might not really be able to rely on when it comes to stopping/turning.
At least for everyday driving in the snow.
not much funnier at the end of a ski day than seeing an AWD 4000lb brick sliding into a curb while a shitbox Golf that doesn’t even come up to the SUV’s windows climbs up the hill just fine
Exactly. Snow tires can cost a fair bit, especially if you pay for an extra set of wheels to go with it, but I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve seen a big truck or full-size SUV go skidding and it’s most likely an over-confident driver that has all-seasons on there…they spent money on the wrong thing if they paid for a big vehicle to “handle the snow better”.
And don’t get me started on how many of these large cars I see flipped or otherwise stuck and abandoned along the highway when going into work the morning after it snowed the night before…not saying other cars with bald tires or all season aren’t going to have similar struggles, but I think the large vehicles and vehicles with AWD give the inexperienced a sense of confidence they really should not have…and that makes a bad problem much worse.
the last few multi-hour highway drives I’ve had to make in bad weather (snow, ice) all had pickup trucks, and only pickup trucks, in the ditch lol
the other thing that people seem to forget about getting a second set of tires is that aside from the rims, there is no additional cost (assuming you change them yourself and have room to store them, which is a reasonable assumption for a large number of vehicle owners). I bought two new sets of tires five years ago and I’m still using both of them (I wfh and generally try to not drive much, though), hell my winters almost look brand new still because I drive so few km on bare pavement with them.
Yeah, this. Besides vehicles my parents had, I drove mostly two door or four door passenger vehicles and would get an extra set and swap them myself 2x a year. Now we have a truck and a minivan, and I do the same on these. The upfront cost is a bit more, but worth it and I can do it at the house w/o having to wait/schedule anything…
When driving the truck though I always remember it has much more weight than passenger vehicles and drive accordingly (slower), even though it has snow tires. Unless we get snow like a foot or higher that hasn’t been plowed yet, the truck’s clearance and 4WD is not really going to make much of a difference over the minivan, since they both have snow tires…
It’s weird how many adults I talk to still assume we are going to drive the truck just because there is like half an inch on the ground, though. SMH. Except for certain tasks, I prefer the minivan - it fits extra people in it beyond our family if I need to haul them. It definitely has a much punchier feel - the acceleration is much better, it’s much easier to park, gets great mileage, has awesome turning radius, less road noise, less bouncing as you go down the highway, don’t have to be on the kids about whipping open the back doors into other parked cars, etc. And I haven’t looked at the stats, but it probably is much safer in every measure, too. Lower rollover risk, doesn’t have truck brakes, and better crumple zones.
Again, it’s not even remotely cool. No one is going to accuse me of being a hipster when I’m driving that around. The truck is much cooler in my opinion and newer, LOL. Better sound system. But again, I am married and I’m a parent, so…I’m not trying to impress anyone.