School Bus Driver Arrested For Street Racing Against Her Son

WFTV ^ | 4/11/05

[KidGlock]

School Bus Driver Arrested For Street Racing Against Her Son

POSTED: 7:01 am EDT April 11, 2005

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- An Osceola County school bus driver was arrested over the weekend for street racing. Deputies arrested Christine Illgen early Sunday morning during a sting on Rocket Boulevard in Orange County.

Deputies arrested Illgen, 44, early Sunday morning after they caught her racing against her 17-year-old son. He was just given a ticket, but Illgen has a lot more to lose.

The Osceola County School District removed her from her duties and brought in a substitute bus driver to take over her route.

If convicted, Illgen could lose her driver’s license for a year and her case will be forwarded to the Department of Children and Families for possible child endangerment.

[KidGlock]

Christine Illgen

[cyborg]

child endangerment for a 17 year old???

[NRA1995]

Was she street-racing the bus or her own vehicle? Scary-looking thing, by the way.....

[InvisibleChurch]

Otto Illgen

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Another case of shoddy reporting.

Who won the race?

[rabidralph]

She should have raced the truck.

[leadpenny]

If she had kids on the bus they should put her under the jail.

[KidGlock]

[cyborg]

hehe!

[rabidralph]

LOL! That would have been cool to see.

[rabidralph]

Deputies arrested Christine Illgen early Sunday morning during a sting on Rocket Boulevard in Orange County.

[cyborg]

NASCAR has nothing on the maxi taxi drivers in my family.

[rabidralph]

Tell them to come down to the raceway and prove it! *giggle*

[Dante3]

It seems there are constantly crazy stories coming out of Florida: The dentist who practiced in the back of his car; Michael Schiavo killing his wife; evacuations; the sexual harassment suit against Bishop Lynch; a violent killer given a new chance to plea bargain after his lawyer rejected and then he didn't like the jury verdict; and lots more.

If I were to retire, it would not be to Florida.

[cyborg]

I know a lot of youg folks who could give some of those drivers a run for their money between the street racing and the performance enhancements :-) I like to watch the races on tv but the street racing is more entertaining.

[rabidralph]

I'm getting a few performance enhancements done this week. Of course, I have just one vehicle so I'm not going to risk it by racing young punks in the street.

[wizr]

Well, if it wasn't for the high cost of legal racing, and the fact the many areas refuse to allow racers a place to run, Mom would have been out there just having fun with the kids.

Yeah, it sure is easier to write a ticket than to find a place for kids to race legally.

I'm old. I miss the 'run what ya brung' days, and I HATE the showmanship and big bucks drags of today. Why is it they make everything a spectator sport?

[cyborg]

Agreed.

[BA63]

I know it's wrong, but when I heard this Mother was arrested for Street Racing with her Son, I thought is was pretty cool.

My Mom used to check me out of school when I was 12 and we would go fishing. Believe me, we raced to the lake!

[B Knotts]