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New South Wales authorities have levied a penalty against an American social media personality and served two traffic infringement notices for reported negligent driving following a large group of e-bike riders converged on the famous Sydney landmark during peak-hour traffic on a weekday.

The Incident: A Prohibited Ride

A group of approximately 40 people operating electric bikes and motorbikes travelled along the primary roadway of the bridge, where cycling is prohibited. The assembly subsequently reversed direction and rode through the city’s CBD and Haymarket.

"This had a risk of people to be injured and killed," stated NSW police assistant commissioner the officer on the following day.

Law enforcement said they did not chase right away the group out of concerns for public safety but instead located the assembly at Mrs Macquarie’s Chair near the city gardens, where they dispersed.

Penalties Issued for Content Creator

On Saturday, authorities announced 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 fine of $562 and penalty points each, connected to the bridge incident. They added that the investigation is ongoing.

The influencer reportedly has over 3.4m subscribers on YouTube and over 1.2m on Instagram.

Influencer's Comments

The online figure spoke with a local publication recently following the event gained traction on digital platforms, saying he was sorry for giving "bike life" a negative image.

"I’ll probably take responsibility. That 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. 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 near the bridge."

"I’m unfamiliar with the city, it was my fault we found ourselves 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 reverse, basically, before we’re on the bridge. And I made the decision at the time to turn around."

Broader Context on Electric Bike Rules

The spate of electric bicycles on roads nationwide has prompted increasing demands for stricter rules. 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 since the invention of the penny-farthing [but] the injuries that are coming into our hospital emergency departments are truly severe," the minister said. "We’ve got to make sure we prevent these things entering the country [and] police are granted the authority to crack down, to take them away, to destroy them, to dispose of them."

The state recorded over two hundred injuries related to ebikes in 2024. But, in the initial half of 2025, that number surged to two hundred thirty-three injuries plus four deaths.