So I’ve been learning to drive, as you probably know. Recently, I’ve been driving to and from PCC Sylvania for my classes. Today, as I was going along, a big red truck decided to come out into the middle of Capitol Highway backwards. I assumed the guy had just been waiting for a long time, and that he was just in one of those moods. But he didn’t straighten out to get into a lane. As the truck pulled out right in front of me, I discovered that there was no driver. It was a dog, quite content to sit in the driver’s seat as the vehicle rolled out into the street. To say the least, I was surprised.

The truck rolled across the entire highway, went back into another parking lot, then was stopped and kept in place by two people. The dog still didn’t seem to notice or care. No one ran to take care of it, and I would have been late to class if I had waited around. But I will never forget the dog who drove backwards through the highway, and parked better than I could have given the circumstances.