© Andrew Milligan/PAThe Peugeot 406 car after it went through ice covering the Union Canal in Winchburgh, West Lothian.
Two men have been arrested after trying to make the best of the cold spell by driving a car down a frozen canal - only to plunge into the icy water.
The pair were driving on the Union Canal, which runs from Edinburgh to Falkirk, near Winchburgh, West Lothian, yesterday afternoon when the ice gave way beneath them, police said.
The men, aged 22 and 24, escaped but were arrested and charged with reckless conduct after emergency services discovered the car. They will appear in court at a later date.
A Lothian and Borders police spokesman described the prank as "stupidity". "There is no doubt that these two individuals had a lucky escape, and had the canal been deeper there could very well have been a different outcome," he said.