Cariola v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Traffic Safety

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

This is an appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County sustaining the order of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), which suspended the automobile inspection privileges of Frank A. Carióla for three months pursuant to Section 4724(a) of The Vehicle Code.1

On January 5, 1979, two people were found in an automobile, dead of carbon monoxide poisoning. An investigation of the vehicle by the state police re*362vealed numerous violations of PennDOT inspection regulations, including a tailpipe that ended two-and-a-half inches inside…