Bicycle sharrows — New Mexico Permit Test

Sharrows are shared lane pavement markings, painted when a road is too narrow for bikes and slower vehicles to share side by side.

On a narrow road a car cannot pass a bike in the same lane safely. The marking tells everyone the lane is shared.

“Sharrows” are “shared lane pavement markings.”

Sharrows mean bicyclists are encouraged to take the whole travel lane and motorists shall yield to the bicyclist as needed; slow down and yield to bicyclists in the roadway.

The marking says the bike belongs in the middle of the lane, so drivers must wait behind it instead of squeezing past.

They indicate that bicyclists are encouraged to take the whole travel lane and that motorists shall yield to the bicyclist as needed.

Where there are sharrows, pass bicyclists only when the roadway width allows them to move to the right.

If the road is too narrow for the rider to move over, a pass would crowd them toward parked cars or the curb.

Pass bicyclists only when the roadway width allows bicyclists to move to the right.

Where there are sharrows, a bicyclist may ride on the center of the sharrow, should keep a safe distance from the door zone of parked cars, and should move right to let vehicles pass when it is safe.

A car door opening in front of a rider can throw them into traffic, so riders stay clear of that strip.

Keep a safe distance from the “door zone” of parked cars.

What are sharrows?

Shared lane pavement markings. On a narrow road a car cannot pass a bike in the same lane safely. The marking tells everyone the lane is shared. New Mexico Driver Manual, p.26: ““Sharrows” are “shared lane pavement markings.””