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NSW police have issued a fine against an American social media personality and served two traffic infringement notices for alleged negligent driving after a large group of e-bike riders converged on the Sydney Harbour Bridge during peak-hour traffic on Tuesday.

The Incident: An Illegal Gathering

A group of approximately 40 people riding electric bikes and motorbikes travelled along the primary roadway of the bridge, an area where bicycle riding is banned. The riders subsequently reversed direction and rode through the city’s CBD and Haymarket.

"There was potential for serious injury or fatalities," remarked NSW police assistant commissioner David Driver on the following day.

Police indicated they did not immediately pursue the riders due to concerns for public safety but instead located the assembly at a scenic Sydney lookout near the city gardens, where they dispersed.

Penalties Issued for Influencer

Later in the week, authorities stated they had issued the American online personality known as Sur Ronster, twenty-six, with two traffic infringement notices for careless operation (with no death or previous bodily harm), carrying a penalty of $562 and penalty points per notice, in relation to the bridge incident. Officials noted that the investigation is ongoing.

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

Creator's Response

The content creator spoke with a major newspaper this week following the event spread rapidly on news sites and social media, stating he was sorry for giving "the biking community" a bad reputation.

"I accept the blame. That was one of the safest ride-outs I’ve ever seen," he told the publication. "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 group ride, it was just to say hi near the bridge."

"I’m unfamiliar with the city, it was my fault 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 entering the bridge. And I made the decision at the time to turn around."

National Debate on Electric Bike Rules

The spate of e-bikes on streets across the country has sparked increasing demands for stricter rules. A senior government official, the minister, recently said that non-compliant electric bikes were a "complete hazard on the road."

"Kids have done stupid things on bikes ever since the penny-farthing [but] the harm that are coming into our hospital emergency departments are truly severe," he stated. "We must make sure we stop these things coming into the country [and] police are given the powers to crack down, to take them away, to destroy them, to dispose of them."

The state reported over two hundred injuries associated with ebikes in 2024. However, in the initial half of 2025, that number jumped to two hundred thirty-three injuries plus four deaths.