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I moved to Dorchester from London three years ago and I really love living here, however, I’m absolutely sick of being mowed down on the pavements by cyclists, mobility scooters and kids on scooters and skateboards.

What is it about people here that they don’t understand that pavements are for pedestrians, for walking?

One of the reasons I moved here was to be able to walk everywhere and leave my car at home but the number of incidents/injuries I’ve experi-enced in one year alone from these vehicles on the pavements is seriously making me recon-sider!

I’m not elderly and can move sharpish when I need to but I’ve been knocked over by a mobility scooter flying round a corner, had my dog run over by another one.

I’ve also had the skin scraped completely off the back of my heel twice by runaway toddlers on scooters with parents who should know better and run into three times by cyclists on the pavement!

Last week when the roads were closed due to re-surfacing, a woman on a cycle pulling behind a child’s carriage containing three children was just hoiking along the pavement at top speed, taking up the whole width of the pavement.

She expected me to walk into the hot tar or step into someone’s private property so she could pass.

When challenged she treated me like an idiot saying, “In case you haven’t noticed, the road’s closed!”

Exactly. How would it be if I just drove my car down the pavement into her and her children because the road is closed?

I’m constantly amazed at the mentality of these people who consider themselves law abiding citizens yet consider their monopolising of the pavement with a vehicle as somehow okay.

The side roads here are so wide and quiet as well that there’s just no excuse to be cycling on the pavement, even with children.

It’s setting such a poor example and if they’re not road safe, they should be in the park or their back gardens but not out on the pavements running over pedestrians.

I’m all for getting fit and watching my green footprint, which is why I want to be able to walk... in safety.

C M Brooks, Dorchester