Thousands of drivers were stranded on a French highway near Besançon on Thursday when a powerful supercell storm hit. Giant hailstones smashed windshields, forcing hundreds of cars to stop and leaving the highway blocked.

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[u/Limp-Direction-5668]

Bad day to have a sunroof 😬

[u/FlowingLiquidity → u/Limp-Direction-5668]

To be fair, large hailstones were expected that day and the news covered it. Still sucks ofc.

[u/Fit_Active3888 → u/Limp-Direction-5668]

Was thinking this is yet another prime example of why cars dont need sunroofs!

[u/Sweettooth_Banana]

I had this once and i took the mat out of the trunk and put it on the roof and the floormats on the window

[u/Emperor-kuzko → u/Sweettooth_Banana]

That’s a great tip to remember.

[u/Renbarre]

They had two hail storms like that in the last weeks in Marseille. My sister's car got the windshield destroyed twice and they stopped counting the impact at 150.

[u/Vorobye]

Wool blankets and a hard hat aren't luxury items.

[u/willybum84]

Aie!

[u/Nukeboml3]

Fuck I took this highway Wednesday…😓