Commonwealth v. Vekovius

Opinion by

Judge Wilkinson,

This appeal is brought before the Court by the Bureau of Traffic Safety on behalf of the Secretary of Transportation. It involves suspension of the appellee’s motor vehicle operator’s license. The lower court ordered that the suspension should be revoked. We reverse and uphold the suspension.

Charles W. Vekovius was apprehended by a Pennsylvania state trooper on November 5, 1969, for speeding at the rate of 78 miles per hour in a 65 mile per hour zone, in violation of Section 1002(b)(8) of the Vehicle Code. Act of April 29, 1959, P. L. 58, §1002, as amended, 75 P.S.…