Yep.
This law is all about revenue generation.
I'm always on here defending cops. I think most are good people. But 500 and up for this kind of subjective bull**** is ****ed up.
(I guess too many got in trouble for sitting in a downtown window and flipping traffic lights from green straight to red when an out of town car approached. So this is a good way to gin up some good coin.)
Its only $500 if the officer is able to make his/her case. See one of the great things about this country is that people are innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt either during a bench trial or tried by a jury of their peers.
And it isnt for revenue, its to provide ramifications for the people that drive with their head up their asses and hit emergency workes on the side of the road.