<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police received multiple calls after dozens of young e-bike riders were filmed riding over the Sydney Harbour Bridge yesterday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>About 40 people, including at least one without a helmet, rode across the NSW landmark during peak hour traffic on Tuesday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Under current laws, it's illegal to ride any bike, including e-bikes, on the main deck of the bridge and a cycleway is provided separate to the roadway.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/jeffrey-epstein-peter-mandelson-investigation-opened-into-former-uk-ambassador/cb25d431-0ddd-4f94-b617-e8e38a55b1b1" target="_blank"><strong><span>UK police open investigation into former ambassador Peter Mandelson over Jeffrey Epstein links</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>NSW Police confirmed officers were called to Hickson Road, Sydney, around 4.30pm yesterday following multiple reports of a large group riding in a dangerous manner.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>About 40 riders were located riding on the Harbour Bridge dangerously but dispersed when police arrived.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Police could not initiate a pursuit due to safety concerns," a spokesperson told 9news.com.au.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/ebike-sydney-harbour-bridge-footage/8eb12ffa-25bc-4d5a-8b35-d404e142e0ba" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"About 5.30pm on the same day, police located the group at Mrs Macquarie's Chair where they were spoken to and dispersed."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>There were no reported injuries or property damage, and inquiries are ongoing.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Footage of the Harbour Bridge stunt has prompted renewed calls for stronger rules governing e-bike use on Australian roads and footpaths.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Premier Chris Minns called the actions of e-bike hoons "intolerable" and the government is working on a solution.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's regrettable that the original decision was made to have a 500 watt output rather than a 250 watt output because we're now in a situation where we're trying to close the barn door after close to a million of these machines are on Sydney streets," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We're working on a program and we'll have more to say soon."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/weather-news-south-east-australia-on-alert-for-high-to-extreme-fire-danger/74532cf0-0bc0-4ec8-827c-ec3fe0238d55" target="_blank"><strong><span>Scorching heat and high winds trigger extreme fire danger warnings</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Shadow Minister for Transport Natalie Ward said wattage limits aren't enough.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Joy rides on the Sydney Harbour Bridge are stupid, unsafe and a middle finger to the police and the community," she said in Parliament yesterday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"These kids know they are unaccountable and untouchable until there is compulsory licence plates, enforcement and accountability."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She said e-bike riders doing the wrong thing know there are no consequences and called on Transport Minister John Graham to introduce e-bike license plates to restore accountability.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div 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