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Alternative Transport Meets Barbie Jeep

Monroe and her Jeep, Charlene

Electric cars are all the rage right now, but does that include electric Barbie Jeeps?

“When Tara Monroe got a DWI in March, her dad thought taking away the keys to her car would keep her off the road.

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Instead, she steered herself toward Internet fame by getting around campus, not on a bike or public transportation, but on a Barbie Jeep.

Monroe, 20, got an automatic DWI for refusing a breathalyzer test at a Wacka Flacka Flame show in San Antonio. Her father was so mad, he took away her keys and left her with only a bike, according to MySanAntonio.com.

She wasn’t happy.

“Riding a bike around campus sucks,” she told the website. “Like really sucks.”

Monroe, an industrial engineering junior, proved to be quite industrious by engineering a better alternative to biking.”

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