Imagine you’re a Connecticut State Trooper. You’re sitting in your patrol car on Route 2, keeping an eye on traffic, when a gray Honda Civic blows by at 109 mph in a 65 mph zone. You pull it over and the driver, 21-year-old Brianna Guerin, tells you her reason for the rush: “I was speeding because I needed to go to the bathroom.”

We’ve all had our close calls on road trips—the hunt for a gas station that’s open, eyeing every exit for signs of relief. But few of us would even consider pushing our car past 100 mph just to reach the next rest stop. And as police investigated, there was much more going on with Brianna’s story.

First, there was the matter of the Civic’s registration. When they ran her plates, officers found the car’s registration had been suspended. Not ideal.

Then there were her passengers: one adult woman, but also two small kids—one still an infant—all of them speeding down the highway. Sure, she had a reason to rush, but endangering young passengers at that speed? Reckless doesn’t even begin to cover it.

And just to top things off, troopers learned that she’d passed multiple rest areas before they caught up to her, meaning she’d had several chances to pull over and deal with her “emergency.” Somehow, though, each bathroom came and went without her so much as tapping the brakes.

With that, her story took a turn from odd to outright concerning. State police decided they couldn’t just give her a warning and wave her on. Guerin was hit with several charges: reckless driving, operating under a suspended registration, and two counts of risk of injury to a child. After making bail on a $1,000 bond, she also faced a referral to the Connecticut Department of Children and Families.

Hopefully, the system will get to the bottom of it now, and Guerin’s learned her lesson.