People living in, or visiting rural areas of Waterford are being urged to beware of more farm machinery on the roads this week.
Silage season is underway with the Irish Farmers Association and Road Safety Authority reminding road users to look out for tractors, trailers and large machinery on roads.
People are being urged to be particularly cautious when driving on country roads, as machinery will be exiting fields.
The busy season is expected to be even busier this year following a wet May, according to Ardmore Silage Contractor Patrick Prendergast who spoke to Kieran O'Connor on Farmview.
"There was constant rain and it was hard to do anything, you might get one fine day followed by three or four wet days - you couldn't make any headway with that.
"It's hard to get to everyone in the one day but we're getting to them now and it will eventually be done " Prendergast said.
The current dry spell has led to an increase in traffic, pedestrians and cyclists along Waterford's coastline and mountains.
IFA Waterford Chairperson Kevin Kiersey is reminding people to be cautious when visiting these beauty spots across the county over the next week.
"You'll get the machinery in any part of the county which will be cutting and drawing but there will also be a concentration of rural and urban dwellers at beauty spots.
"Some of these spots where people have to be especially cautious include Mahon Falls, around the entrance to Coumshingaun, Crotty's like - all around the Comeragh Mountains really.
"Then looking at the coast around Tramore, Annestown, Bunmahon, Boastrand, Ardmore - you're going to have a lot of people on the roads but there also will be trailers and tractors and so that's why in those areas we'd be especially asking for vigilance and careful driving.
"You don't know what you could meet around a bend or even in the next few kilometres ahead," Kiersey said.
