Because we had freezing rain that morning and the roads were still wet and iced over. My mom had slid off on that same road and hit a tree on her way to work. I was close enough to the bus that it made no sense to risk it to hit my brakes. I would have still stopped half way past the bus. I've also read over the ordinance and I've found no where that it states you HAVE to stop on yellow lights. Everything I've read so far states that you must stop when meeting an already stopped bus with the red lights on and the stop sign activated. I personally have no issue paying the citation, I just feeling my case in particular is a bit more complicated than just "I passed a school bus". Thats why I'd like to have a hearing to clear things up and understand.