Drink-driver ONLY 100 metres from his home decides to take the car - and gets caught!

Drunk driving is always stupid, but if there were levels of stupid this is probably the dumbest example ever!. In Boston, Lincolnshire, a 34-year-old man named Przemyslaw Szulc was arrested for driving under the influence.

Szulc told police that he had been drinking at a barbecue only 100 meters (328 feet) from his house. Rather than walk (which would have taken two minutes), he decided to drive.

Ironically, because the town of Boston is a maze of one-way streets, the drive home was actually a mile and a half long. It was during that mile and a half that police saw him swerving into the kurb and pulled him over for drink driving.

The man was fined £275 and ordered to pay costs of £85, as well as a victim surcharge of £28. He also got a 20 month driving ban.

Defence solicitor Carrie Simson said:

"He admits that what he did was a foolish decision and he has shown remorse. He is a hard working man and luckily will not lose his job after losing his licence but he will have to arrange transport."

Sources: The Lincolnshire Echo