A friend once complained about receiving a ticket for rolling through a stop sign in a residential neighborhood at 11 p.m. when there was no traffic. I sided with the authorities, explaining that I had not studied the traffic patterns, talked to people who live in or drive through the area, or familiarized myself with statistics regarding yield signs versus stop signs under similar conditions. I said I trusted that someone else did all of that before deciding to erect that stop sign. He conceded that, while compliance might be inconvenient, others had given the sign’s placement more thought than he had.
Lawyers should vote in favor of the proposed revisions to the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct because those responsible put a tremendous amount of thought into the proposed revisions.
