Call for ‘boy racers’ to notify insurers

Drivers, especially ‘boy racers’, who modify their cars, should notify their insurance companies.

A senior figure in the Insurance Federation warned some modifications could alter the performance of a vehicle and, as a consequence, change the insurance cover situation.

Michael Horan, a non-life insurance manager, was replying to concerns raised by a councillor that boy racers — usually young drivers in modified cars — may not have proper insurance cover.