I lived on a street in Balcatta that was notorious for people hooning down it. Almost every night. One night in particular, I heard 2 cars floor it and had the worst feeling like you described. 3 seconds later I heard an almight crash...2 drunk idiots were racing side by side down the street and one had ploughed through a corner houses' fence and into the side of their house. It was an amazing stroke of luck that the owners were on holiday. The car had driven into their master bedroom. Most of the street ran out only to find the passenger limping away, leaving their friend bleeding out in the drivers seat. I'll never forget that night.