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Texas_Blaze wrote: it may be nice, but driving on the shoulder could be dangerous, a stalled car could be up ahead and you not notice. See this driving practice out in the country. People even do it at night. I tell the drivers in my house to not drive on the shoulder.

It is not only nice, considerate, polite, but legal and as safe as any other maneuver one performs while driving on public roads, so long as the same common sense and attention is given to driving on an improved shoulder as one gives to passing on the left, turning right on red, or putting a CD in the head unit while driving.

If one is not capable of seeing an unobstructed path in front of them on the improved shoulder,,, they have no reasonable ability to see an unobstructed path in lane either.. That driver should get off the road immediately

george wrote: It is common in Texas, but I have not seen it anywhere else. Kind of nice.

That because it is a prescribed allowable action in the Texas drivers handbook and specifically stated as legal in Texas law
Sec. 545.058. DRIVING ON IMPROVED SHOULDER. (a) An operator may drive on an improved shoulder to the right of the main traveled portion of a roadway if that operation is necessary and may be done safely, but only:
(1) to stop, stand, or park;
(2) to accelerate before entering the main traveled lane of traffic;
(3) to decelerate before making a right turn;
(4) to pass another vehicle that is slowing or stopped on the main traveled portion of the highway, disabled, or preparing to make a left turn;
(5) to allow another vehicle traveling faster to pass;
(6) as permitted or required by an official traffic-control device; or
(7) to avoid a collision.