American Social Media Personality Fined Following Mass E-Bike Gathering on Iconic Australian Bridge
New South Wales police have levied a penalty against an US-based online influencer and handed out two traffic infringement notices for alleged negligent driving after a swarm of e-bike riders converged on the famous Sydney landmark during peak-hour traffic on Tuesday.
The Incident: A Prohibited Ride
A gathering of approximately 40 people operating electric bikes and motorbikes travelled along the bridge’s main deck, where cycling is prohibited. The riders subsequently reversed direction and traveled through the city’s CBD and a nearby district.
"There was potential for people to be injured and killed," remarked a senior police official the officer on the following day.
Law enforcement indicated they did not chase right away the riders due to safety concerns but instead located the group at a scenic Sydney lookout near the city gardens, at which point they broke up.
Penalties Issued for Content Creator
Later in the week, authorities stated they had issued the American online personality who goes by the influencer, 26, with two violation tickets for negligent driving (with no death or previous bodily harm), carrying a penalty of $562 and three demerit points per notice, connected to the bridge incident. They added that inquiries were continuing.
The influencer reportedly has more than 3.4m followers on one platform and more than 1.2m on Instagram.
Creator's Response
The content creator gave comments to a local publication recently after the incident spread rapidly on digital platforms, saying he regretted giving "the biking community" a bad reputation.
"I’ll probably take responsibility. It was one of the safest ride-outs I’ve ever seen," he said. "I am a visitor here, so I’m going to come here respecting the rules and standards 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 greet people near the bridge."
"I did not know the area well, 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 turns around, an illegal act. Or we turn around, basically, before we’re on the bridge. I chose at the time to go back."
Broader Context on Electric Bike Rules
The spate of e-bikes on roads nationwide has prompted growing calls for regulation. A senior government official, the minister, commented that illegal ebikes were a "total menace on the road."
"Young people have engaged in stupid things on bikes ever since the early bicycle [but] the harm that are coming into our hospital emergency departments are absolutely devastating," the minister stated. "We’ve got to ensure we prevent these things coming into the country [and] officers are given the authority to take strong action, to confiscate them, to destroy them, to dispose of them."
The state reported over two hundred injuries associated with electric bikes in the previous year. But, in the initial half of 2025, that number surged to two hundred thirty-three injuries plus four deaths.
