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

DOYLE, Judge.

Diana Podgurski appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County denying her statutory appeal of a one year suspension of her driver’s license imposed by the Department of Transportation (DOT) under Section 1547(b) of the Vehicle Code (Code), 75 Pa.C.S. § 1547(b),1 for refusing to submit to chemical testing.

The relevant facts are as follows: On July 31, 1993, Podgurski drove her vehicle head on into a telephone pole. Thereafter, Officer Thomas Miller of the Bethlehem police department arrived at the accident scene, approached Podgurski’s vehicle and detected an…