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

OPINION BY Judge PELLEGRINI.

The Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing (Department) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County (trial court) which sustained the appeal of Edward M. Sfida, Jr. (Licensee) from a one-year driver’s license suspension imposed by the Department under Section 1547(b)(1) of the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S. 1547(b)(1),1 as a result of his reported refusal to submit to chemical testing following his involvement in a motor vehicle accident.

On the evening of December 3, 2003, Licensee’s vehicle struck the back of another moving…