Tread design for a pneumatic vehicle tire

In a pneumatic tire of radial construction for high-speed vehicles, with said tire having a height-to-width ratio of .ltoreq.0.6, and furthermore having a belt-reinforced tread portion with a tread design that is tied to the direction of rotation and comprises profiled elements that are steeply oriented in the circumferential direction at an angle to an equatorial plane of said tire and are arranged in the shape of V's, with said profiled elements extending in a continuous manner from a central portion of said tread into shoulder regions of said tire, with said profiled elements being angled-off at a bend region in said shoulder regions in the direction of an axis of said tire, and with respective continuous, inclined grooves that proceed from said central portion of said tread to said shoulder regions being formed between said profiled elements, the improvement wherein:

• respective fork-shaped means are provided in said shoulder regions in the vicinity of ends of said profiled elements remote from said central portion of said tread, with each of said fork-shaped means being provided with at least one short groove that opens into said shoulder region away from said bend region thereof.