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NSW police have levied a penalty against an US-based online influencer and handed out two traffic infringement notices for alleged reckless operation following a large group of electric bicycle users converged on the Sydney Harbour Bridge during peak-hour traffic on Tuesday.

The Incident: An Illegal Gathering

A gathering of around 40 individuals 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 rode through the downtown area and a nearby district.

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

Law enforcement said they did not chase right away the group due to safety concerns but instead located the assembly 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 issued the American online personality known as Sur Ronster, twenty-six, with two traffic infringement notices for careless operation (not involving death or prior injury), carrying a fine of over five hundred dollars and penalty points per notice, connected to the bridge incident. Officials noted that inquiries were continuing.

The personality reportedly has more than 3.4 million subscribers on one platform and over 1.2m on the social media app.

Creator's Response

The online figure gave comments to a major newspaper this week following the event spread rapidly on digital platforms, stating 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’m coming here as a guest, so I’m going to come here respecting 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 under the bridge."

"I did not know the area well, I am to blame 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, 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 spate of e-bikes on roads nationwide has prompted increasing demands for stricter rules. A senior government official, the minister, commented that non-compliant electric bikes were a "total menace 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," he stated. "We must make sure we prevent these things coming into the country [and] officers are given the authority to take strong action, to confiscate them, to crush them, to destroy them."

NSW reported over two hundred injuries associated with electric bikes in the previous year. However, in the first seven months of 2025, that figure surged to 233 injuries plus four fatalities.