Passing A School Bus Due to Being Next to the Bus When it Illuminated its Flashers
My question involves a traffic ticket from the state of: New Jersey
Hello, MY name is Andrea and this morning i was on my way to my internship where i got pulled over for passing a school bus. I was stopped at a red light on a two way traffic street where on the opposite side a school bus arrived and stopped parallel to me. But the thing is that i didn't see the school bus' blinking lights turn on and the "stop arm sign" come out due to the fact that i was sort of behind the bus. With further detail, my trunk was by the first tire of the bus. So that is the reason why i was not able to see the "School bus' stop indications". So when the light turned green i proceeded to drive straight when the lady officer pulled me over and gave me a ticket. I also gave her my PBA card which she didn't honor. What makes this interesting issue is that the officer wrote on the ticket that i did this offense at 9:25 am but i was a work at 8:40am (which i have proof of through a electronic swipe card-time stamp). I was falsely accused and the lady cop was miss-using her authority to "fill her quota". I know this is a 5 point violation but i dont think i should be accused for it.. Am i totally wrong in thinking this?