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New South Wales police have issued a fine against an American social media personality and handed out two traffic infringement notices for reported negligent driving following a swarm of electric bicycle users converged on the Sydney Harbour Bridge during the busy commute on a weekday.

The Incident: A Prohibited Ride

A gathering of around 40 people riding e-bikes and motorcycles travelled along the bridge’s main deck, an area where bicycle riding is banned. The riders subsequently reversed direction 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 riders out of concerns for public safety but rather found the group at a scenic Sydney lookout near the Botanic Gardens, at which point they broke up.

Fines Imposed for Influencer

On Saturday, police stated they had served the American online personality known as the influencer, 26, with two violation tickets for negligent driving (not involving death or prior injury), with a penalty of over five hundred dollars and penalty points per notice, in relation to the bridge ride-out. They added that inquiries were continuing.

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

Creator's Response

The online figure gave comments to a major newspaper recently following the event spread rapidly on digital platforms, saying he was sorry for giving "the biking community" a bad reputation.

"I’ll probably take responsibility. It was one of the safest ride-outs I have witnessed," he told the publication. "I’m coming here as a guest, and I intend to abide by the laws and norms of the city. When I decided to do a meet and greet it did not involve a ride-out, it was just to say hi 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 turns around, 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."

Broader Context on E-Bike Regulation

The increase of e-bikes on streets across the country has prompted growing calls for regulation. The federal health minister, Mark Butler, recently said that illegal ebikes were a "total menace on the road."

"Young people have engaged in reckless acts on bikes since the invention of the early bicycle [but] the injuries that are presenting at our ERs are truly severe," the minister stated. "We must make sure we prevent these things coming into the country [and] police are granted the authority to crack down, to confiscate them, to destroy them, to dispose of them."

NSW reported 226 injuries associated with electric bikes in the previous year. But, in the initial half of 2025, that number jumped to two hundred thirty-three injuries plus four deaths.