More than 90 infringement notices were issued during the Thursday operation on the Story Bridge, which joins the city’s north and south.

Police said the blitz was launched after numerous complaints about people riding e-bikes and e-scooters dangerously.

North Brisbane highway patrol’s Senior Constable Duncan Hill said officers were disappointed at the lack of attention being paid to safety.

“Increasingly, we’re seeing e-scooter riders suffer serious injuries when they come off, with excessive speed almost always a factor,” he said.

Queensland last year introduced a lower speed limit of 12km/h for e-scooters and other mobility devices like e-skateboards on shared paths, while a 25km/h limit applies on bike paths and roads.

During the police operation, one rider was allegedly caught travelling on an e-scooter at 40km/h on a footpath, more than three times the legal limit.

Snr Const Hill said police were seeing riders suffer broken bones, concussions and lost teeth on a weekly basis.

“A collision at that speed can be fatal, for the rider and unsuspecting pedestrians in their path, not to mention the fine of up to $575,” he said.

“On a weekly basis, we are seeing riders suffer broken bones, lose teeth and sustain concussions—in almost every case, their crash was preventable if they’d followed the speed limits of 12km/h on footpaths and shared paths and 25 km/h on all other bike paths and roads.”

“Too many avoidable incidents are also occurring between e-scooters and pedestrians, for the safety of all people using the paths, it is important that e-scooter riders slow down to 12 kilometres an hour.”

Two men were taken to hospital on Friday night after accidents on e-scooters in Queensland, including one involved in a collision with a car.

Another man was hospitalised with facial injuries after an e-scooter incident on Saturday.