Had a bit of a boozy weekend? At least you had the good sense to leave your car at home - a practice brilliantly endorsed by an Australian learner driver on Sunday morning.

The 24-year-old was caught doing burnouts in the car park of his local police station after an absolute skinful.

He's been charged with reckless driving, drink driving and, amusingly, 'driving contrary to a learner's permit'.

We're not sure whether that tops the other alcohol-related mishaps we heard about in the last couple of weeks - a German drink-driver who stopped to ask a policeman the time and (our favourite) a Hungarian drunk who poured 150 litres of petrol into his back seat and drove off.

These, and news from Arizona that drivers under the influence will be forced to wear pink pants, mean 'humiliation' can join 'prison' and 'potential death' as good reasons not to have more than one for the road.