Commonwealth, Department of Transportation v. Wasko

BECK, Judge.

In this appeal we decide, inter alia, whether the Commonwealth may consider a special hauling permit issued under the Motor Vehicle Code void ab initio where a driver violates one of several conditions of the permit. We conclude that the Commonwealth may consider the special hauling permit void ab initio. We affirm the trial court.

On March 27, 1996, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (“PennDOT”) issued a special hauling permit to Road Machinery Inc., which allowed a tractor trailer to haul an oversize load to the Pennsylvania-New Jersey state line at Interstate Route 80…