Schaefer v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Mencer,

On July 4, 1971, Adolph O. Schaefer, Jr. (Schaefer), was apprehended by an officer of the Lower Merion Township Police Department and given a citation for operating his motor vehicle at a rate of 58 m.p.h. in a 35 m.p.h. zone, a violation of §1002(b) (4) of The Vehicle Code, Act of April 29, 1959, P. L. 58, as amended, 75 P.S. §1002(b) (4).

Schaefer alleges that he heard nothing after receiving the citation until approximately four months later when he received notice of a hearing before the Bureau of Traffic Safety. At that hearing he was informed that he had paid the…