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A woman has spoken of her horror after she says she was nearly hit by a cyclist riding on the pavement while she was getting off the bus in Hessle Road.

The 68-year-old, who does not want to be named, claims that she would have been "mown down" by the bike last Monday if she had not retreated back on to the bus when she saw the rider.

It happened at the bus stop near Asda and The Halfway House Inn pub, according to the woman, and she says it has left her feeling "shaken" and "terrified".

"I stepped one foot off the bus to get on to the pavement and a bike whizzed right past me and nearly hit me, forcing me to step back on to the bus or I would have been mown down," said the woman.

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"The bike rode right through a queue of people waiting for the bus too, and I was surprised that they didn't get knocked down like skittles as he was going that fast.

"It left me feeling very shaken and terrified, and really annoyed me, as bikes should be on the cycle paths or roads, not the pavements, but now it just seems to be the done thing".

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The woman says she has also had many near misses with cyclists on Hessle Road.

"Hessle Road seems notorious for people whizzing along the pavements on bikes, and you don't hear them coming up behind you so you could step to the side at any time and end up being hit," she said.

"It makes you jump then when they come past you, and I can't believe someone hasn't been injured yet.

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"My little doggies get scared as well as me when I'm out walking them, as the fast movement of the bikes startles them.

"I've even foolishly ended up apologising to the cyclists on the pavements when I'm forced to move out of their way, when they are in fact the ones that aren't meant to be there.

"If the cyclists aren't going to use cycle paths, then they shouldn't be riding a bike".

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