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When the car with the legally worn tires had braked for the distance required to stop the car with new tires, it was still going 55 mph. That means the tire has to channel the water away so the tire is actually contacting the road and not floating on a thin film of water &ndash. We tend to think of the brakes doing all the stopping, but you also need to have effective tires to actually stop the car. That means if you barely have room to stop with new tires, then you would hit the car in front of you at 55 mph with the worn tires. Now without going into all the details, let us tell you that stopping the truck with worn tires needed almost 1/10 of a mile of clear road ahead to come to a safe stop. The brakes were the same, so the only variable, was the tires. Now before we go into the studies, you need to know that the big issue is braking on wet surfaces. Well, Consumer Reports issued a call to consider replacing tires when tread reaches 4/32&rdquo. the car was still going at 45 mph at the point where new tires brought the car to a halt. s wet or snowy in Wilmington Delaware, the tread of the tire is critical to stopping power. s not enough tread depth on a tire, it can&rsquo. Your tires actually need to be in contact with the road in order to stop. Stopping distance and time were measured for three different tire depths. If you laid a dime flat on the track, the water would be deep enough to surround the coin, but not enough to cover it. A car and a full-sized pick-up truck were brought up to 70 mph and then made a hard stop in the wet test area. When tires are worn enough that this bar becomes visible, there&rsquo. So, how do you know when your tires are at 4/32&rdquo. Now with the partially worn tires &ndash. And finally, tires with 4/32&rdquo.