Have the car inspected at a tire and alignment shop. Tires with worn tread will increase the chances of hydroplaning which can easily lead to a crash. If they show signs of misalignment the two front tires can be steering in slightly different directions. On water the car will follow one tire over the other, and that can change each time you run over a small bump in the road. That can make the car real miserable to control.
If the outer circumference of the tire is not as it came from the factory, or the center of the tire has been moved out away from the car, an alignment angle called "scrub radius" will be altered. That will affect steering, handling, and braking negatively. Lawyers and insurance investigators love to find stuff like that to shift part of the blame for a crash from their client to you. They will convince a jury you were partly to blame because you were less able to avoid the crash, and they will be right. If you have the original wheels and the proper tire size on the car, you may have tires with a tread design that is less than ideal for driving through standing water.
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