Yes, crazy. And I happened to be on one of those situations myself, during one of my first driving lessons. We (my driving instructor, another learner and me) stood at a crossroad and some bloke with a pontiac firebird had the stupid idea to test out the max speed.
He was so fast, he didn't even bother to break, and missed that close that our tiny little opel corsa (vauxhall for you non-mainland guys) shook for 10 seconds after the firebird was up and away...
Gladly, the bloke had his license plate clarly visible. I didn't drive that car for a long time, I suppose.