Sharrows Posted on February 15, 2006 Sharrows are markings painted directly onto the road consisting of a stencil of a bicycle with two chevrons placed above it. They are designed to function as a guide to encourage safe riding and driving behavior from both bicyclists and motorists. These look like an interesting idea; road markings to indicate where cyclists should be riding and to remind cars of this fact. (I also discovered from reading the page linked to that I am a Vehicular Cyclist.)