A four and a half hour drive is a considerably long one, and you should be extra careful since the tread on your car's tires is low. Not only can it be dangerous to drive in the wet with tires with little tread or that are completely bald, but less tread will put your tires in danger of a blowout or becoming flat, especially at higher speeds such as on the freeway. Tires wear faster under hard acceleration, high speed, fast cornering, and heavy braking.
A good rule of thumb is to stick a penny in the tread with the top of Lincoln's head pointing to the center of the tire. If the tread isn't deep enough to come up to the top of Lincoln's head, you need new tires.
The legal tyre tread depth varies from country to country, and state to state In California it is 1/32" Tyre tread depth codes are set at a minimum considered safe for driving. As long as you keep to safe driving practices, you should have no problems.
Yeah you'll be fine. It's not raining here anytime soon as well. As long as they're not bald you're good.
I'm supposed to be going out of town on Friday morning (in 1 day) to Anaheim. It is about a 4 - 4 1/2 hour drive from where I live. I have 17 in. rims with low profile tires on my car but the tread is pretty low on the tires. The tread is probably at about 2/32 or a little lower. There is still a little tread (tires are not completely bald) but I was just wondering if I would be able travel there and back without having a problem with the tires (as far as with the tread). I have heard as long as your not driving in rain I should be fine but I want some more input to see what other people think.
Car is a 2006 Honda Civic by the way.
Thank You.
