Officials island of Britain banned people use cars. Ambulances and fire trucks are not allowed on the island so motivated horses to pull them.
Sark is a small island of Guernsey County in southwestern English Channel. The island off the coast of Normandy, about 40 km.
Institutional feudalism existed on the island in 443 years. The people on the island held its first democratic elections in 2008.
Along with many other islands in the English Channel, Sark was a British colony and also the last feudal institutions in the West.
The area of the island is only a mere 2 km2, but about 600 people live here.
The government banned cars operate on the island so people just use the rudimentary transportation.
Many laws on the island has not changed since 1565, when Queen Elizabeth I of England was ruled.
Flower garden inside the castle Seigneur, a work which the ancients built in the 17th century In 2008, the islanders elect a legislature composed of 28 members, to terminate the existence of institutional style is after 44 centuries.
Prison consists of two chambers on the island, but police here rarely catch people.
The boat near the port of the island. Currently the island of Sark has its own tax laws and systems, completely independent from the United Kingdom.
Ferry services to help residents and visitors to the island of Sark.
Carriages, tractors, bicycles often, ambulances, fire trucks, electric bicycles are vehicles on the island, but the law allows people to use.
Even ambulances or fire trucks are not allowed to have the engine. Horses will pull them as accidents or fires occur.
Do cars and airport does not exist in Sark, life on the island is hardly influenced by the outside world. Island has two pubs, a church, a village, a school, a police volunteer.
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