We've all seen the signs - 'tiredness can kill - take a break' - but when one motorist followed that advice from the Department of Transport - he found himself paying a fine - of one hundred pounds.

Paul Kightley started to feel drowsy on the M3 in Hampshire so he decided to stop at a service station to buy a snack and have a three hour sleep before continuing his journey.

But two weeks later he was fined for overstaying his parking as Andrew Pate explains.