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In the cases I remember it was a fully paved shoulder, it was practically a second lane, just not marked for traffic, and they dropped their speed a lot (although did not fully stop)

The thing I find most refreshing about it is people considering others in their actions. My driving stress levels have dropped a *lot* since I moved to Texas, even in traffic (although people still seem to 'drive nicer' out in the country than, say, in and around Austin).

(I've never really road raged, but back in California living in the SF bay area, I've wanted to flip someone the bird more than once ... and didn't, there's really no point. Sometimes it felt like the commute was practically a giant game of chicken)

I've had people do a sort of reverse pass where they pull off and drive on the shoulder and let me go by, when everyone's doing the speed-limit-ish and I'm not even worried about getting around them (plenty of space between myself and them, I'm just out on a drive around, in no hurry). (I've also read a name for this but I can't for the life of me remember it right now ...)

Having lived in places where I felt like I was the only one who ever bothered to use a turnout on a road up into the mountains, it was kind of refreshing to see that, although I was a little confused the first time it happened. ("What is that guy doing? Oh, now I get it ..." *wave and thumbs up in thanks*)