tire the invention is further illustrated with reference to the following examples in this and the following examples the belts were made with 6700 dtex cords at 7 9 e p c 20 e p i unless otherwise specified and 3300 dtex reinforcement cords were used in the mid ply belt unless otherwise specified in this example comparisons of tire properties were made for various constructions of tires of the invention and a commercial control tire having two steel cut belts and two turns of spiral overlay the steel control is an eagle ga tire size p225 60r16 and has a polyester reinforced carcass and two cut steel belts having steel reinforcing cords at opposing angles of 25 degrees and 9 4 ends per centimeter e p c 24 ends per inch e p i having construction number 19 b comparisons were also made with a two belt tire no mid ply belt wherein the belts are reinforced with pen polyethylene naphthalate reinforcing cords wherein 6700 dtex 6000 denier pen cords were used at an angle of 26 degrees and an end count of 7 9 e p c 20 e p i construction number 10 a also for comparison purposes a similar two belt pen tire was made wherein the two belts had opposing angles of u00b1 30 degrees with resect to the ep equatorial plane of the tire designated as tire 10 j.