Posted on the 24th October 2025 in PHTM News

HULL PRIVATE HIRE DRIVER REPORTS PASSENGERS TERRIFIED AFTER ATTACK BY E BIKE GROUP

An Uber driver in Hull claims his vehicle was chased and damaged by a "group of teenagers on electric bikes" last Saturday night in Anlaby, leaving his elderly passengers severely shaken.

The driver said the "hooligans" ultimately smashed the rear window of his car while he was driving two passengers, whom he described as being "in their sixties." The driver's main concern was the anxiety caused to his passengers.

He told the Hull Daily Mail: "The amount of distress it caused the lady in the back of the car, I feel so bad about that. My aim was to keep them as safe as possible."

He described actively evading the group while calling the police: "I kept on circling the area while we had the police on the phone. I called the police while the incident was happening."

The driver claims that aggressive youths on bikes are a frequent issue for those who drive at night, especially as they "use the cover of darkness":

He noted they are difficult to see, stating: "These hooligans are going around on the bikes in full camouflage gear... They are in black head-to-toe, with balaclavas on."

He expressed concern for the future: "We are coming into winter now, and their cover of darkness is going to get even longer."

He stressed that this is a widespread concern: "Every taxi driver I speak to, they all have got issues. It is a major safety concern. It is the nuisance they cause and the criminal damage."

A Humberside Police spokesperson said: "Officers are investigating reports of criminal damage to a vehicle driven along Springfield Way in Hull on Saturday 18 October 2025.

"At around 10.45pm we received a report that a group of teenagers on electric bikes were reportedly following a car and damaging its windscreen on Springfield Way, Anlaby."

Police confirmed that "no one is believed to have been injured" and that "Enquiries remain ongoing to identify those involved."


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