A group of teenagers on e-bikes have been filmed riding recklessly through streets and public spaces, including a golf club on Sydney’s Northern Beaches, raising fears that another fatality may be inevitable.
Footage from Cronulla shows a mob of teens charging down a main road.
Some are shown doing wheelies while others ride on the wrong side of the street before moving through a busy intersection.
Pedestrian Council of Australia chief executive Harold Scruby described the behaviour as “anarchy”.
On Sydney’s Northern Beaches, further footage shows a group of young e-bike riders stopping traffic at North Manly.
Local resident Toby Martin called it “a fatality waiting to happen”.
In another incident captured two days ago, a teenage group was filmed riding off-road at Long Reef Gold Club in Collaroy, damaging the greens.
“It’s a highway to hell each way we look at it – they’re flying over golf course, roads in large packs each pushing each other on,” Martin said.
Scruby mentioned parents could also be liable.
“Parents have got to realise if they’re children are riding unregistered uninsured motorbikes, they could be liable for any injuries sustained by people they either hit or if the pillion passenger comes off,” he said.
“These things are just motorbikes dressed up as bicycles.”
Under current regulations, legal e-bikes do not require registration, there’s no minimum age requirement and riders don’t need a licence.
In 2025, four deaths involving e-bikes were recorded, prompting the NSW Government to introduce new laws aimed at reducing their legal power and speed.
“Every hour of every day, I’m worried about someone being injured and seriously injured or killed,” Martin said.
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