10 May 2007: Drink Driving Test

When a German man turned up for his driving test this week both his driving instructor and the examiner thought they smelled alcohol on his breath.

He assured them he had not been drinking, and the test proceeded, but the examiner decided his driving was well below the standard required, and thought he knew why.

So the examiner directed him to drive to towards the police station without him noticing. Once there he was made to get out and take an alcohol test, which revealed he was three times over the legal limit.

A police spokesman said the man will now have to wait "a long time" before he can take another driving test.