Student Knows How to Drive

Last Thursday, freshman Julia Bolen shocked the Bryan/College Station community by revealing she knows how to drive.

The revelation came at the four-way stop sign on Holleman Drive. When Bolen pulled up to the intersection, she noticed another driver had gotten there first and stopped to allow him to turn. Witnesses say neither car honked and no middle fingers were flipped as the drivers continued to their respective destinations.

“I’ve never seen anything like it,” said Jacob Carlsson, another driver at the scene. “It was like watching a miracle. You hear about things like this happening in books or on TV or in Driver’s Ed, but you never think you’ll see it in real life.”

Since the event, others have come forward with testaments to Bolen’s knowledge of basic driving rules. “I was in the car with her a month ago, and she had to change lanes twice on Texas Avenue,” said Raina Hall, Bolen’s sorority sister. “First, she turned on her blinker. Only then did she cross each lane one at a time. She even checked her mirrors and over her shoulder to make sure it was safe to do so.”

Both UPD and CSPD have reached out to Bolen in hopes of learning how she became the area’s first example of a conscientious driver. Bolen, however, claims that there is no secret. “I just drive,” Bolen said. “I also keep in mind that there are people in the other cars on the road, and those people have rights too.”

Bolen has plans to spread this wisdom in a series of workshops called “Other People Exist.” Her goal is to reach beyond driving and influence her fellow students to get over their Main Character Syndrome and behave like civilized human beings in all aspects of life. Information for sign-ups to follow.

 

— Broken Reed Arena