Their experience was seen by TV viewers as the consequences of a head-on smash were simulated on the ITV programme Police, Camera, Action, which included emergency teams from Cambridgeshire.
The show, entitled Ultimate Boy Racers, is part of a brand new series produced by Optomen and presented by Alastair Stewart and Adrian Simpson, highlighting some of the UK's worst drivers. Other programmes in the series will focus on Ultimate Bad Drivers and Ultimate Car Crimes.

The Ultimate Boy Racers show was filmed at RAF Alconbury in April and reconstructed a fatal head-on collision in a bid to get two young male drivers thinking about the consequences of careless driving.
It featured seven firefighters from Huntingdon Fire Station, who treated the drivers as they would in a real-life scenario, cutting them out of their vehicles.

The show aimed to find out what makes boy racers tick and whether anything can be done to curb their behaviour.
On Monday's programme, the two young men were blindfolded until the reality of the terrible incident was in place.

Once the blindfolds were removed, the two sat in horror in their car as they watched the emergency services take action.
In the simulation, the driver is dead and his female passenger seriously injured and receiving urgent medical treatment at the scene.
The programme featured the Boy Racer Boot Camp and also dramatic police footage from the archive, capturing bad driving and the horrifying consequences when the magnetism between men and motors spills illegally onto the roads.

Chief fire officer for Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service Graham Stagg said: "It is a well known fact that young men are more prone to showing off in their vehicles. Unfortunately, this can very easily lead to dangerous and illegal behaviour, such as driving to excess speeds, or abusing drink and drugs while driving.

"Coupled with the relative inexperience of many young male drivers behind the wheel, this is a potentially fatal mix, which often results in serious injury and death, not only for the driver, but also his passengers or those in other vehicles involved."
In Cambridgeshire, much has been done by the fire service, together with partner agencies, such as Cambridgeshire Constabulary and Cambridgeshire County Council's Road Safety Partnership.

>> For information about safer driving and the initiatives that Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service are involved with, visit www.cambsfire.gov.uk