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

DOYLE, Judge.

The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department), appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County which sustained the statutory appeal of James M. Turner from a sixty-day suspension of his operating privilege for failing to attend a departmental hearing as required under Section 1538(b)(4) of the Vehicle Code.1

The relevant facts are as follows. On December 22, 1994, the Philadelphia Police issued Turner a traffic citation for violating Section 3321 of the Vehicle Code (failure to yield right of way at intersection).2 Turner was…