Low tire tread depth can be a safety issue. When the road is wet, low tread depth can cause the tire to hydroplane, or skim across the surface of the water, which can make you lose control. You also ...

The amount of tread on a tire is critical in determining how well it will vacate water to maintain contact with the road in the rain. If your tires wear out quickly, your safety may be at risk. Our ...

Tires play a huge role when it comes to your car's comfort and overall structural integrity. For example, vehicles with AWD need matching tires on all four corners to combat premature wear of the ...

Maximizing tread life is all about the contact patch — literally where the rubber meets the road. Pavement is abrasive by design. That’s how you get friction between the tire and the road surface — in ...

With many more people hitting the road to shop and visit family and friends -- a Rubber Manufacturers Association (RMA) survey shows that very few drivers are checking the safety of their tires.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Technicians at Discount Tire/America's Tire stores throughout the U.S. have begun using a mobile tread-depth reading system developed by Zebra Technologies Corp. that Zebra claims ...

Dan Clougher is an automotive journalist and former classic and sports car dealer with hands-on experience across luxury, performance, and collector vehicles. Before joining CarBuzz, he managed his ...

Every few years we serve up a smorgasbord of information on tires tested by our esteemed staff. Like discerning food critics, we call ’em how we see ’em. If Trasborg thinks the lowly growl of a mud ...

Asking the tire store guy about real trail performance of a given tire is likeasking Ryan Seacrest what he likes about women. Fortunately we spend a lot of time rolling down the highway on tires ...