College Student Drives Around in a Barbie Jeep After Getting a DUI
Never let a little thing like a suspended license keep you from getting where you need to go.
In this case, for 20-year-old Tara Monroe, that means zipping around the Texas State University campus in San Marcos -- by way of a 12-volt-battery-powered Barbie Jeep. Yeah, the toy car made for toddlers.
Monroe failed a DUI test following a concert, which led to her license suspension. It's a pretty creative solution for this industrial engineering major, who's become a campus-wide (and now internet) sensation. You might think an easy solution would be to ride a bike, but Monroe scoffed at that idea. "Riding a bike around campus sucks," she said. "Like, really sucks." Like totally.
Monroe named the pink micro-mini-SUV Charlene, after the 6-year-old who sold it to her on Craigslist. (We swear we're not making this up.) Charlene can get all the way up to 5 miles per hour if Monroe floors it. So how does Monroe feel about her latest life decision?
“It was the best decision I’ve made in college, yet,” she said.