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

FRIEDMAN, Judge.

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (DOT), appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court) sustaining the statutory appeal of David L. DiCola (Licensee) from a one-year operator’s license suspension imposed by DOT under section 1547 of the Vehicle Code.1 We affirm.2

The trial court held a hearing in this case. At the hearing, Officer Michael Metzger testified that, on January 20, 1996, Licensee drove his vehicle through an alleged police roadblock; the officer pursued and stopped the vehicle. Officer…