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NSW police have levied a penalty against an US-based online influencer and handed out two traffic infringement notices for alleged negligent driving following a swarm of e-bike riders gathered on the Sydney Harbour Bridge during peak-hour traffic on a weekday.

The Event: An Illegal Gathering

A gathering of around 40 individuals operating e-bikes and motorcycles travelled along the primary roadway of the bridge, where cycling is prohibited. The riders then turned around and traveled through the downtown area and a nearby district.

"This had potential for serious injury or fatalities," stated NSW police assistant commissioner the officer on Wednesday.

Law enforcement said they did not immediately pursue the riders out of safety concerns but rather found the group at a scenic Sydney lookout near the city gardens, at which point they broke up.

Fines Imposed for Influencer

On Saturday, police stated they had served the US social media influencer known as the influencer, twenty-six, with two violation tickets for careless operation (not involving death or prior injury), with a penalty of over five hundred dollars and penalty points each, in relation to the bridge incident. They added that inquiries were continuing.

The influencer reportedly has over 3.4m subscribers on one platform and over 1.2m on the social media app.

Creator's Response

The content creator gave comments to a major newspaper recently following the event spread rapidly on news sites and social media, saying he regretted giving "the biking community" a bad reputation.

"I’ll probably take responsibility. That was one of the safest ride-outs I’ve ever seen," he said. "I’m coming here as a guest, so I’m going to abide by the laws and norms of the city. When I decided to do a meet and greet it was not meant to include a group ride, it was just to greet people near the bridge."

"I did not know the area well, it was my fault we ended up on the bridge and I had a decision to make: whether the group completes the entirety of the bridge and comes back, an illegal act. Or we turn around, basically, before we’re on the bridge. And I made the decision at the time to go back."

Broader Context on Electric Bike Rules

The increase of e-bikes on roads nationwide has prompted increasing demands for regulation. The federal health minister, the minister, recently said that non-compliant electric bikes were a "complete hazard on the road."

"Kids have done reckless acts on bikes ever since the penny-farthing [but] the harm that are presenting at our ERs are absolutely devastating," the minister said. "We must ensure we stop these things coming into the country [and] police are given the powers to take strong action, to confiscate them, to crush them, to dispose of them."

NSW reported over two hundred injuries associated with ebikes in 2024. However, in the first seven months of 2025, that figure jumped to 233 injuries plus four fatalities.