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NSW police have levied a penalty against an American social media personality and served two traffic infringement notices for reported reckless operation following a swarm of electric bicycle users gathered on the Sydney Harbour Bridge during the busy commute on Tuesday.

The Event: A Prohibited Ride

A gathering of approximately 40 individuals riding electric bikes and motorbikes travelled along the primary roadway of the bridge, an area where bicycle riding is banned. The assembly then turned around and traveled through the city’s CBD and a nearby district.

"There was potential for people to be injured and killed," stated a senior police official David Driver on the following day.

Law enforcement indicated they did not chase right away the group due to safety concerns but rather found the assembly at a scenic Sydney lookout near the city gardens, at which point they broke up.

Penalties Issued for Content Creator

On Saturday, police announced they had served the US social media influencer known as the influencer, twenty-six, with two violation tickets for negligent driving (not involving death or prior injury), with a fine of $562 and three demerit points per notice, in relation to the bridge ride-out. Officials noted that inquiries were continuing.

The personality is said to have over 3.4 million followers on one platform and more than 1.2m on the social media app.

Influencer's Comments

The online figure spoke with a local publication this week following the event spread rapidly on news sites and social media, saying he regretted giving "the biking community" a negative image.

"I accept the blame. It was among the safest ride-outs I have witnessed," he told the publication. "I’m coming here as a guest, and I intend to come here respecting the laws and norms of Sydney. So when I decided to do a meet and greet it was not meant to include a ride-out, it was just to say hi under the bridge."

"I’m unfamiliar with the city, I am to blame we found ourselves on the bridge and I had two choices: either the group rides the full length of the bridge and turns around, which is a crime. Or we turn around, essentially, before we’re on the bridge. I chose at the time to go back."

Broader Context on Electric Bike Rules

The spate of e-bikes on roads nationwide has prompted increasing demands for regulation. The federal health minister, Mark Butler, commented that non-compliant electric bikes were a "total menace on the road."

"Young people have engaged in reckless acts on bikes ever since the early bicycle [but] the harm that are presenting at our ERs are truly severe," he stated. "We must make sure we prevent these things coming into the country [and] police are granted the powers to take strong action, to take them away, to crush them, to dispose of them."

NSW recorded 226 injuries associated with electric bikes in 2024. But, in the first seven months of 2025, that figure surged to 233 injuries plus four fatalities.