NSW police have issued a fine against an American social media personality and served two driving violation citations for alleged reckless operation following a swarm of e-bike riders converged on the Sydney Harbour Bridge during the busy commute on a weekday.
A group of approximately 40 people operating electric bikes and motorbikes proceeded along the bridge’s main deck, an area where bicycle riding is banned. The assembly then turned around and traveled through the city’s CBD and Haymarket.
"This had potential for serious injury or fatalities," stated NSW police assistant commissioner 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 group at Mrs Macquarie’s Chair near the Botanic Gardens, where they dispersed.
On Saturday, police stated they had issued the American online personality known as the influencer, twenty-six, with two violation tickets for careless operation (with no death or previous bodily harm), with a fine of $562 and three demerit points per notice, in relation to the bridge incident. They added that the investigation is ongoing.
The influencer is said to have more than 3.4 million followers on YouTube and more than 1.2m on the social media app.
The online figure spoke with a major newspaper recently after the incident gained traction on digital platforms, stating he regretted giving "the biking community" a bad reputation.
"I’ll probably take responsibility. It was among the safest gatherings I’ve ever seen," he told the publication. "I am a visitor here, and I intend to abide by 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 did not know the area well, I am to blame we ended up on the bridge and I had two choices: either the group rides the full length of the bridge and comes back, an illegal act. Or we turn around, essentially, before we’re on the bridge. And I made the decision at the time to go back."
The spate of electric bicycles on roads nationwide has prompted increasing demands for regulation. A senior government official, Mark Butler, recently said that non-compliant electric bikes were a "complete hazard on the road."
"Young people have engaged in stupid things on bikes since the invention of the early bicycle [but] the injuries that are presenting at our hospital emergency departments are truly severe," he said. "We must make sure we stop these things entering the country [and] police are granted the authority to crack down, to take them away, to destroy them, to destroy them."
NSW reported 226 injuries related to electric bikes in 2024. However, in the initial half of 2025, that figure jumped to two hundred thirty-three injuries plus four deaths.
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