Well I have been in plenty of incidents where good tyres have helped save a collision, usually people pulling out of blind junctions in the wet or kids running into the road from between cars.

If you can't understand that tyres that steer, grip and clear water better ARE safer then really you ought not be allowed near a car.

IMO anything that reduces the risk of injuring somebody is worth the comparatively small expense

Nothing will ever change my mind about it, as I said, I care, some other people dont