A driver who took a wrong turning down a rail track blamed his potentially lethal mistake on the directions given by his satellite navigation.
Officers discovered Satlegh Mohammadi standing next to his Ford Fiesta on the Doncaster to Hull line, having driven 20ft down the line at a town centre level crossing in Goole.
He had been driving from his home in Chesterfield to look for work when the incident took place in February.
Goole magistrates heard Mohammadi's claims that he had drunk two cans of beer, while officers said he had appeared drunk - though he did not exceed the drink-drive limit when breathalysed.
Drink was also believed to have been a factor when a woman whose car broke down after she drove several hundred yards along the Newcastle Metro line.
And SatNav has led to some other remarkable errors in navigation.
Last year a trucker who set out from Turkey bound for Gibraltar ended up 1,600 miles away in Skegness.
And in 2007, the driver of a 40ft rig ignored road signs warning the route was unsuitable for HGVs and followed the digital instructions instead, partly demolishing a Lincolnshire village in the process.
