Postgate v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing

DOYLE, President Judge.

Ronald D. Postgate (Licensee) appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Indiana County, which denied his statutory appeal from a one-year suspension of his driver’s license imposed by the Depart*278ment of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT). The suspension was imposed for refusing to submit to chemical testing in accordance with Section 1547(b)(1) of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S. § 1547(b)(1).1

On September 26, 1999, James Bateman, a Pennsylvania State Trooper, stopped Licensee for driving,, a motorcycle without wearing a helmet. Trooper Bateman noticed…