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NSW police have levied a penalty 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 famous Sydney landmark during peak-hour traffic on a weekday.

The Incident: An Illegal Gathering

A group of around 40 people riding e-bikes and motorcycles travelled along the bridge’s main deck, where cycling is prohibited. The assembly subsequently reversed direction and rode through the city’s CBD and a nearby district.

"There was a risk of people to be injured and killed," stated a senior police official David Driver on the following day.

Police said they did not chase right away the group out of safety concerns but instead located the group at a scenic Sydney lookout near the city gardens, at which point they broke up.

Fines Imposed for Influencer

On Saturday, police stated they had issued the American online personality who goes by Sur Ronster, twenty-six, with two traffic infringement notices for negligent driving (with no death or previous bodily harm), carrying a fine of over five hundred dollars and three demerit points per notice, connected to the bridge incident. They added that inquiries were continuing.

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

Influencer's Comments

The content creator spoke with a major newspaper recently following the event gained traction on digital platforms, saying he was sorry for giving "the biking community" a negative image.

"I’ll probably take responsibility. That was one of the safest ride-outs I have witnessed," he said. "I am a visitor here, so I’m going to abide by the rules and standards of Sydney. When I decided to do a meet and greet it was not meant to include a ride-out, it was just to say hi under the bridge."

"I’m unfamiliar with the city, it was my fault we found ourselves on the bridge and I had two choices: whether the group rides the full length of the bridge and turns around, an illegal act. Or we turn around, basically, before entering the bridge. I chose at the time to turn around."

Broader Context on Electric Bike Rules

The spate of electric bicycles on streets across the country has sparked increasing demands for stricter rules. The federal health minister, Mark Butler, recently said that illegal ebikes were a "complete hazard 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 hospital emergency departments are absolutely devastating," the minister stated. "We must make sure we prevent these things entering the country [and] police are given the powers to crack down, to confiscate them, to crush them, to dispose of them."

NSW reported over two hundred injuries related to electric bikes in 2024. However, in the initial half of 2025, that figure jumped to 233 injuries plus four deaths.