People have been pushing their cars on open public roads, i would think since they first appeared ON public roads. Only now, the technology to catch them is more prevalent, and commonly available, and cars have a MUCH higher topspeed, that this kind of thing will happen.
Nothing makes me laugh more than all the old guys who crap on about how hoons these days etc, then talk about how they got from point a to point b in record time, with no seatbelts and 6 mates in the car.
This kind of thing is complete hypocracy. People will ALWAYS do this kind of thing, its human nature, the only way to eradicate it is to eradicate cars.