I read the same article too when I was shopping for new tires, and I had the same idea as you hungy82. I wanted something that was going to help me not rear-end someone in the rain. Originally I was going to get the Aquatreds but after the reading the article I bought the HydroEdge for my 00’ civic. I did a little unscientific slam-on-the-brake testing one night in the rain shortly after putting them on and could feel a little difference! Then again the original tires were shot and had a little over 53,000 mi on them. They're a little quieter then the stock rubber that came with the civic as well. I’ve read options on the web that they suck on the snow, and that you don’t want to use them for all season, but the winter isn’t here yet so we’ll wait and see.