Driver marks Road Safety Week by doing 91mph on Vazon Coast Road

Thursday 18 November 2021

Police arrested a motorist overnight who they caught driving at 91mph along Vazon Coast Road.

It is currently Road Safety Week in Guernsey, but that did not stop this motorist doing nearly three times the 35mph speed limit.

In April, a 19-year-old man died on the Vazon Coast Road when the car in which he was a passenger overturned while travelling at high speed near Crabby Jack's restaurant.

Following the latest incident overnight, Police this afternoon released a message emphasising that driving at such speeds in Guernsey is reckless and dangerous as well as illegal.

"At nearly three times our speed limit, 91mph is too fast for a motorway, never mind local roads," said the Police.

"Be under no illusion, you make a mistake at that speed and it's highly unlikely you'll be walking away from it - nor will anyone else you hit.

"There is no time or place on this island where it's safe to go anywhere near that speed - it is [a] lethal level and it has no place on our roads.

"We were serious with our Road Safety Week messaging earlier this week: nothing is worth driving so fast that you're putting lives on the line."