<VV> In The News - Cops nab man driving 98 mph in a classic '65 Chevy Corvair

[Scott Morehead]

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Cops nab man driving 98 mph in a classic '65 Chevy Corvair

July 2, 2009 

By BILL
BIRD wbird at scn1.com

A Bolingbrook man who has received at least 14 traffic tickets since 1982 --
including one less than four months ago for speeding in a construction zone --
has yet another court date pending, this time for allegedly driving his sports
car at nearly 100 mph on a busy Naperville thoroughfare.

Rocco M. Egizio, 48, will return to DuPage County Circuit Court in Wheaton,
this time on a Class A misdemeanor charge of driving 40 mph or more over the
posted speed limit.








Naperville police Cmdr. Mike Anders said Egizio was arrested at 11:53 p.m.
Monday in his 1965 Chevrolet Corvair. A police patrol car's radar unit clocked
him driving at 98 mph on a section of 75th Street where the speed limit is 50
mph.

Anders said the traffic stop occurred as Egizio was driving east on 75th
Street and approaching Modaff Road, in the central part of the city.

The speed limit on 75th Street between Modaff Road on the west and
approximately Bell Drive to the east was recently reduced to 35 mph because of
the intersection widening project at 75th and Washington streets. Egizio's car
had not yet entered the construction zone when it was curbed by police.

Anders said Egizio was alone at the time, and offered no reason for his
driving when questioned by police. No one was injured, and there were no
reports of other vehicles being struck or forced off the roadway by Egizio's
car, he said.

Records on file in the DuPage County courthouse showed Egizio has been
ticketed 14 times over the past 27 years in traffic-related matters.

His most recent citation was issued March 5, when Naperville police charged
him with speeding in a construction zone. Court records did not indicate where
that infraction occurred.

On March 30, Egizio pleaded guilty to the charge. He was placed on court
supervision and assessed fines and legal costs, according to records.