You're lucky to get off of that one. My coworker got one of those tickets last month and it was considered Reckless Driving. He went in to court and the judge was like "You know I can fine you $2500 and place you behind bars for 9 months!". His jaw dropped when he heard that. He's an older guy too and was coming out of a street where there are 3 lanes on each side of the road and a suicide lane up the middle. The bus was directly across from him on the opposite side of the road and in a Right Turn lane with it's lights on.

A cop saw him go and pulled him over. Apparently they've given over 60 tickets in that exact location since the beginning of the year. He got lucky and they dropped it down to Improper Driving.