摘要 |
A pneumatic tire whose steering stability on dry roads is improved with minimizing lowering of on-snow performances and which has round shoulders and comprises tread portion 2 divided by circumferential main grooves 3 and lateral grooves 4 into blocks 5 provided with sipes 6 each having zigzag part 8, the circumferential grooves 3 including at least a pair of axially outermost circumferential grooves 3o to divide the tread portion 2 into shoulder regions Ysh and crown region Ycr, wherein the zigzag part 8 of sipes 6sh disposed in the shoulder regions Ysh has a larger zigzag amplitude Wsh and a larger zigzag pitch Psh than zigzag amplitude Wcr and zigzag pitch Pcr of the zigzag part 8 of sipes 6cr disposed in the crown region Ycr, and angle &thetas;sh of the sipes 6sh with respect to the axial direction is smaller than angle &thetas;cr of the sipes 6cr with respect to the axial direction.
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