Her day took a "wrong turn"

As the mother of a toddler I can SO relate to this womans tale....
Gina Boyd,a stay at home Mom of 3 kids whose husband is stationed in Iraq was running errands Monday in the Tampa,FL,area when her 3 year old daughter started vomiting in the backseat of their minivan.Alarmed,and wanting to attend to her child,Boyd made an abrupt U-turn so that she could pull over and check on her baby girl,and a county cop,who witnessed her illegal U-turn,stopped and issued a $123 citation.Ms.Boyd expressed that she knew she made an illegal turn,but that the officer had the discretion to let her off with a warning considering the circumstances but the sheriffs spokesperson only replied"she made an illegal turn and got a citation from the officer"!
Gimme a frickin'break!Yes,she broke traffic laws when she made the illegal turn but c'mon!What if her daughter had been choking on something?At that age you can never tell and like Ms.Boyd,I would have done the same thing-anything to stop the vehicle and get back there and see what was wrong with my kid!The officer should have given her a warning,which was completely within his power.I hope Ms.Boyd lets it go to traffic court and the judge is more understanding than the cop was in this situation.Surely in a city the size of Tampa there are bigger and meaner fish to fry....