Motorists urged to slow down in hailstorms or risk serious accidents

The head of the traffic corps in the Garda Southern Region has said motorists need to slow down when confronted by hailstorms which, on several occasions this week, led to a number of personal injuries and thousands of euro worth of damage to vehicles.

Superintendent Pat Lehane, in charge of the traffic corps in Cork, Kerry, and Limerick, made the comments in the wake of pile-ups on Monday and Tuesday on national primary routes in Cork.

He advised road users facing inclement weather to decrease speed, maintain a good distance from vehicles ahead, and, when and where safe, to pull off the road.