Here in CA, the hail (when we get it) is generally pea sized and not very damaging. I don't think I've ever seen hail damage in my entire life here.
My first experience with real hail only happened a couple of weeks ago when driving to Helena from Glacier National Park. It went from 85deg to 60deg in the span of a few miles, then started raining with drops the size of small dogs. Then it started hailing. Big and hard. I was really worried that I was gonna lose my windshield between the strength of the hailstorm and my speed on the highway. I was kinda thinking, "Would I be a wussy Californian if I pulled over?" when I came up to a couple of turnouts with a dozen people pulled over, so decision made. Fifteen minutes later it was down to CA sized hail and I started driving again, but I kept thinking about driving 50mph and that hail and my windshield*. I can't imagine what that's like when you're doing 350mph.
*Thank goodness for all the plastic on modern cars. I'm betting I would have had hail dents if my hood was metal.