The pneumatic tire for a motor vehicle, for driving in winter conditions, has lateral grooves (9) in the shoulder block rows (1) at the outer zones (A) at the appropriate pitch and which are narrower than those within the shoulder block rows (5) at the inner zones (I). The shoulder block rows at the outer zones are wider than those at the inner zones. The gaps between the cuts (17) in the outer shoulder block rows are larger than those between the cuts (14) at the inner rows, and the outer cuts are narrower than the inner cuts.
