LONDON - Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson is begging husband Ryan Reynolds to quit riding motorcycles after he had a close miss.

The actor is hooked on the high octane pursuit and is planning a summer road trip across Alaska on his new Paul Smart Ducati bike but Johansson, who married the Canadian star last year, is terrified a bad accident is waiting to happen, reports contactmusic.com.

Reynolds recently dodged injury when a car performed an illegal turn and ended up in his path.

‘She’s petrified a serious accident is just around the corner. When she asked Ryan to give up motorcycling, he flat out refused. And that led to a pretty heavy argument,’ said a source.