My question involves a traffic ticket from the state of: California
I have 3 questions(at the bottom)
About a 3 weeks ago, I was driving behind a bus, headed home at about 12am. As the street intersection came near, I would be making a left in order to go home. The bus arrived at the intersection where the traffic light was green. I was the 2nd vehicle after the bus right before the intersection.
As the light turned green, I proceed to drive forward behind the bus and waited for the bus to create some distance between both our vehicles so I could make a safe left turn. I yielded to oncoming cars and when there were no cars coming in the other direction, I proceeded to make a left turn. After I made a left turn a motorcycle cop pulled me over and gave me a ticket for "CVC 22101(d) NO LEFT TURN SIGNS POSTED".
Little did I know that there were 2 sign posted stating "no left turn". One sign was posted about 20 feet above the traffic light on the other end of the intersection of my left turn, WAY out of the field of vision for drivers. Drivers dont focus on signs that may be posted 20 feet above a traffic light when the traffic light is already 20 feet above ground level. The other no left turn sign was posted on my end of the intersection, about 5 feet above the traffic light. I was unable to see neither because the bus blocked my field of vision. Because I was behind the bus, I was not able to see the signs. Not only did the bus block my field of view, it was also 12am. Driving at night I am concerned with making a safe left turn and yielding to on-coming cars, not focusing on a no left turn sign posted 20 feet above the traffic light where oncoming car's headlight would have blinded me from seeing them. If this is relevant, this bus also comes about every 20-30 minutes.
1)Is there any chance I may win If i decide to fight this case?
2)Will I be able to post-pone the court date on my citation?
I still have not yet received a courtesy notice and my court date on the citation is less than 14 days away. I do not have any paperwork except for the citation ticket i was issued.
3)Is there anything I can do to help my case besides pictures?
I clearly was unable to see the signs posted because of the bus and the fact that is was basically pitch dark(there are street light though). This would be my first ticket ever on my record. I also took pictures of the bus blocking the field of view; pictures of driver's view from inside the car with a bus in front of it.
Thanks
EDIT: I just called the number on the bottom of my citation and it says that there is no record yet of my citation and that it usually takes 4-6 weeks from the date of the citation issue and up to 90days to be processed.
What do I do?

