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

DOYLE, Judge.

The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County which sustained Frank E. *704Hirsch’s statutory appeal of a one-year suspension of his driver’s license, imposed pursuant to Section 1547(b) of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S. § 1547(b).

Avalon Borough Police Officer Craig Can-nella stopped Hirseh after observing Hirsch’s vehicle fail to make a complete stop at a red traffic signal and, thereafter, cross over a double yellow line into incoming traffic. Because Officer Cannella detected an odor of…