A Royal Marine crashed his car after drinking three pints of lager - then phoned the police himself.
Jamie Brown, 25, lost control of his Skoda Fabia on the B803 road near Slamannan, Stirlingshire.
Falkirk Sheriff Court heard he could not get a phone signal where the car went off the road, so walked home and phoned the police.
Prosecutor Rachel Wallace said: "Police received a call from the accused at four o'clock in the morning.
"He sounded intoxicated and asked the police to come to his home address."
When officers arrived Brown admitted he had been driving while intoxicated.
He was arrested and gave a sample of breath which proved on analysis to contain 68 micrograms of alcohol in every 100 millilitres - more than three times the legal limit, which is 22.
Brown, of Limerigg, also Stirlingshire, pleaded guilty to drink driving.
The incident occurred on April 26th (2022).
Solicitor Murray Aitken, defending, said: "He had lost control of the vehicle. It was a fairly remote area and there was no signal on his mobile phone, so he walked home and phoned the police.
"It was early in the morning so there wasn't actually other traffic on the road."
Brown was fined £350, and banned from driving for a year.
Sheriff Simon Collins QC said: "He is fortunate that he did not kill or seriously injure himself or a friend of his.
"It is precisely because of such issues that the stringent attitude is taken to drink-driving."
Sheriff Collins said that the fact Brown thought he would be under the drink-driving limit after three pints of lager indicated a need for education - and certified him fit to take part in the drink-drivers' rehab scheme, which can cut his disqualification period if successfully completed.
