Originally Posted by
gpburdell
Georgia is similar. Bicycle is a vehicle, and thus bicycle riders have the same rules as car drivers. As you note, the bicycle rider can transition into a pedestrian and thus not be subject to the vehicle rules. Though a difference with FL is that bicyclists over the age of 12 aren't supposed to ride on the sidewalk.
State law in Georgia, like FL, is that you can't "ride" on a sidewalk. But this is a lively topic on the local neighborhood.com board and nobody there can recall ever hearing of anyone ever getting cited for it.
There is also a distinction between a "sidewalk" (illegal to ride) and a "multi-use path" (legal to ride). A multi-use path is like a sidewalk but at least 10' wide by law. But I don't necessarily KNOW that every 10' sidewalk is a "multi-use path". The laws on this sort of thing here in GA are half-vast at best.