But a local policeman made history recently by issuing the island’s first-ever speeding fine.
Paul Michael Harrisson (62) was fined £75 this week for driving 27 mph outside a school in Newtown, which is in a 15 mph zone.
He was clocked by PC Malcolm Messenger, one of two police officers in the island, with a radar gun on 22 January.
The Alderney court heard that Mr Harrisson, who lives in Cotis du Val, had driven for 40 years without being in trouble.
The retired lawyer told the JEP this morning that he felt prosecution was ‘excessive’ in such a small island.
