Are you a boy-racer or a car enthusiast? – judge asks
Mon, Oct 05, 2026
“Are you a boy-racer or a car enthusiast?” a judge asked a young man brought before him on a charge of having an illegal exhaust on his car. The defendant assured him he was an enthusiast.
Judge James Faughnan made his inquiry when the motorist came before the October 1 sitting of Ballinasloe District Court, charged with the offence.
He was told Gardaí detected a double-barrelled exhaust on his car. “What kind of car was it?” asked the judge, and the defendant said it was a BMW 318. However, he assured the court he had got rid of that vehicle and now drove a Golf.
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