Centenier Stephen Laffoley-Edwards said: ‘There has been a slight increase in speeding, partly because the roads have been a lot more empty and there are no other cars around for drivers to gauge their speed by – although that is not an excuse. That has just been for a few people.
‘Officers are out doing checks and those breaking the speed limit will be treated the exact same way, regardless of the lockdown.
‘There has not been anyone breaking the 50mph mark within the parish – nothing to warrant a dangerous driving charge – but we have had some drivers caught driving in the mid-40s in 30mph zones.’
St Helier Chef de Police Centenier Danny Scaife said that his officers had continued carrying out speed checks alongside their heightened patrols of public areas.
‘There has been a bit of an increase but not anything massive. Officers are going out and enforcing speed limits from time to time,’ he said.
‘There was one very high speed recorded in St Clement where someone was caught doing 60mph in a 30mph and that will be dealt with accordingly but that is the only very high speed that I am aware of.’
