In Poland drunk tanks or "sobering-up chambers" (izba wytrzeźwień) exist in bigger cities (52 as of 2013), hosting a total of 300,000 people yearly. [4] Being drunk by itself is not an offense. If …

Jun 18, 2019 · A drunk driver was arrested last week for maneuvering a tank through the streets of Pajęczno, Poland. The vehicle, a Soviet T-55 tank that's at least 60 years old, belonged to …

Jun 20, 2019 · A man has been arrested after taking a Second World War Soviet tank for a joyride around a town in Poland. The 49-year-old was apparently responsible for loading the 40-ton …

Jun 20, 2019 · Police arrested two men at the scene, one of which was an intoxicated 49-year-old man who reportedly drove the tank through the town’s central district.

Jun 18, 2019 · In the town of Pajeczno police received a late night phone call that was sure to cause concern for any residents who still harbor worries over potential Russian aggression – a …

Jun 14, 2022 · A drunk tank is a jail cell or separate facility accommodating people who are intoxicated, especially with alcohol. Some such facilities are mobile, and may be spoken of as …

Jun 18, 2019 · According to Polish newspaper Twoje Pajęczno, the driver was thought to have been 49-years-old and had been putting the tank on and off its trailer. However when the …

Jun 19, 2019 · A drunk driver could face up to eight years in jail after taking a Soviet Cold War-era tank for a joyride around the streets of Poland. The unnamed driver was arrested earlier this …

Aug 7, 2013 · Poland's drunk tanks, one of the great surviving communist-era institutions where the inebriated are incarcerated until sober, are under threat owing to the local government …

The contrast between the experiences of alcohol-induced enjoyment and a stay in an Izba Wytrzezwien, commonly translated as “sobering-up centre” or “drunk tank”, is traumatic to say …