🔗 Share this article US Social Media Influencer Fined Following Large-Scale E-Bike Gathering on Sydney Harbour Bridge NSW police have levied a penalty against an US-based online influencer and served two traffic infringement notices for alleged negligent driving following a swarm of e-bike riders gathered on the famous Sydney landmark during peak-hour traffic on a weekday. The Incident: An Illegal Gathering A gathering of around 40 individuals riding e-bikes and motorcycles proceeded along the primary roadway of the bridge, an area where bicycle riding is banned. The riders then turned around and rode through the city’s CBD and Haymarket. "This had a risk of serious injury or fatalities," remarked NSW police assistant commissioner the officer on Wednesday. Police said they did not chase right away the riders out of concerns for public safety but rather found the assembly at a scenic Sydney lookout near the city gardens, where they dispersed. Penalties Issued for Content Creator Later in the week, police announced they had issued the US social media influencer known as the influencer, 26, with two traffic infringement notices for negligent driving (with no death or previous bodily harm), carrying a fine of over five hundred dollars and penalty points each, in relation to the bridge ride-out. Officials noted that the investigation is ongoing. The influencer is said to have over 3.4 million 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 after the incident spread rapidly on digital platforms, saying he regretted giving "the biking community" a negative image. "I accept the blame. It was among the safest gatherings I have witnessed," he told the publication. "I am a visitor here, so I’m going to abide by the laws and norms of Sydney. When I decided to do a public meeting it did not involve a group ride, it was just to say hi near the bridge." "I’m unfamiliar with the city, I am to blame we ended up on the bridge and I had two choices: whether the group rides the full length of the bridge and turns around, which is a crime. Or we reverse, basically, before we’re on the bridge. I chose 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. A senior government official, 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 penny-farthing [but] the injuries that are presenting at our ERs are absolutely devastating," he stated. "We’ve got to ensure we stop these things entering the country [and] officers are granted the powers to crack down, to take them away, to crush them, to dispose of them." The state reported 226 injuries related to ebikes in the previous year. But, in the initial half of 2025, that figure surged to 233 injuries plus four deaths.