In Toronto, I believe sharrows are on narrow busy streets that can't accomodate bike lanes. For a cyclist, it wouldn't make much difference. I think the sharrow markings are for drivers to understand cyclists are going to be there.
Near my home in the suburbs, I usually take a major 60 km/h street with a diamond lane. Most of the time the cars will follow along patiently or change lanes. Today I got honked by a transport trailer. He then changed lanes and made a close pass. When I caught up with him, I just reminded him it was a diamond lane but he didn't care and swore at me anyways.
Last edited by Daniel4; 10-09-19 at 01:24 PM.