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NSW authorities have issued a fine against an American social media personality and handed out two driving violation citations for reported reckless operation after a swarm of electric bicycle users gathered on the Sydney Harbour Bridge during the busy commute on Tuesday.

The Incident: A Prohibited Ride

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

"This had potential for people to be injured and killed," remarked NSW police assistant commissioner the officer on the following day.

Police indicated they did not chase right away the group due to concerns for public safety but instead located the group at a scenic Sydney lookout near the city gardens, where they dispersed.

Penalties Issued for Influencer

On Saturday, authorities announced they had served the US social media influencer who goes by the influencer, twenty-six, with two traffic infringement notices for negligent driving (with no death or previous bodily harm), with a penalty of over five hundred dollars and penalty points each, in relation to the bridge incident. Officials noted that inquiries were continuing.

The personality reportedly has over 3.4m subscribers on one platform and over 1.2m on Instagram.

Creator's Response

The content creator gave comments to a local publication this week after the incident spread rapidly on digital platforms, stating he was sorry for giving "the biking community" a bad reputation.

"I’ll probably take responsibility. That was one of the safest gatherings I have witnessed," he said. "I am a visitor here, and I intend to abide by the rules and standards of the city. When I decided to do a public meeting it did not involve a group ride, 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 a decision to make: either the group rides the full length of the bridge and comes back, which is a crime. Or we reverse, essentially, before we’re on the bridge. And I made the decision at the time to turn around."

National Debate on Electric Bike Rules

The increase of electric bicycles on streets across the country has sparked growing calls for regulation. The federal health minister, the minister, commented that non-compliant electric bikes were a "total menace on the road."

"Young people have engaged in stupid things on bikes since the invention of the penny-farthing [but] the injuries that are coming into our ERs are truly severe," he said. "We must make sure we stop these things coming into the country [and] police are given the authority to take strong action, to confiscate them, to crush them, to destroy them."

NSW recorded over two hundred injuries associated with electric bikes in the previous year. But, in the first seven months of 2025, that number jumped to 233 injuries plus four fatalities.