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@Steff
You can indicate to your heart's content, but traffic already in the lane isn't obliged to vanish in a puff of your convenience. What the bus driver was referring to was probably:
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Buses, coaches and trams. Give priority to these vehicles when you can do so safely, especially when they signal to pull away from stops. Look out for people getting off a bus or tram and crossing the road.
He seems to have missed the bit about "when you can do so safely" and/or mistaken himself for the Metropolitan Police escort group or something.