Gavin Collins, of modified car magazine Flush Bus, warns against tarring all car fans with the one brush.
For a start, I cannot emphasise enough, the difference between Modified Car Enthuasiasts and Boy Racers.
Those who took part in our recent modified car show, Heatwave, at the National Exhibition Centre and feature in our magazine, Flush Bus, spend large amounts of money on their cars and do not risk crashing them by driving too fast.
After all, they put in a great deal of time and effort into modifying their cars. Their cars are their lives. Many spend between €10,000 and €15,000 on modifying their cars, and some I know spend up to €50,000. With all that investment, they are not keen on racing around the roads in them.
On the other hand, a "Boy Racer" is generally a young male who likes to attend these kind of car shows just to cause havoc and try to impress their mates.
No matter how hard we try there will always be boy racers. That's just the way it is.
After watching the True lives documentary, Crash, on RTÉ 1 recently, I believe the programme will help to stop young drivers from speeding.
It showed just how easy an accident can happen and how serious the consequences can be. Hopefully more young drivers will take this into consideration.
I have personal experience of how easy a car crash can occur.
A year ago I was a passenger in a car with two friends when it suddenly went out of control, flipped four times across five lanes of road and ended up 400 metres away on the opposite side of the motorway to where we first lost control.
It was a miracle we walked away with just minor injuries.
A Garda who arrived at the scene of the crash said we should have died that day and he couldn't understand how we had survived.
This really opened my eyes to the seriousness of the whole situation.
The programme brought home the seriousness of the issue. Yet it should not be confused with those who put time and effort into preparing and modifying their cars.