thought that the car in front of him was moving and so he moved his car forward and bumped the car in front of him causing about $100 in damages, to the rear bumper of the car ahead. The police were summoned to the scene of the accident and a report was filed. During this time period between the collision and the police officer completing the accident report, the driver of the other vehicle was biting his lips causing his lips to bleed. The police officer asked this man to please stop biting his lips. A short time later, fiance’ was served with a legal action where he was being sued for $1,000,000. This created about two years of emotional distress to fiance’ and I, until this case was settled. There was talk about garnishing his salary after full time employment was obtained after completing his university studies. This lawsuit affected his and my ability to concentrate on school studies. I was thoroughly disgusted that an attorney would accept a case such as this and believed at this time that there was a serious problem with the legal system in this country.
To reliably transport me to school, a new car was needed as my old car was a gasoline guzzler and mechanical trouble since the accident several years earlier. Savings were used to purchase the car and a loan was secured to be paid after securing full time employment. Before purchasing the car, reports on the automobile manufacturer and model were researched and scrutinized to avoid purchasing an automobile model with known mechanical problems. The car selected was a used one year old small economy car with a manual transmission that delivered between thirty to thirty five miles for each gallon of gasoline consumed. The car was most reliable during the ten years of ownership when it was finally sold due to a perceived discomfort with the interior seating. One regretted selling the car because of this problem. Years later in 2000, one purchased a similar style of automobile where the highway gas mileage was only between twenty five to thirty miles a gallon, which lead one to believe that instead of progressing with gasoline engine efficiency, the society was retrogressing concerning this matter.
Throughout college regular visits to libraries were necessary to complete required reports and projects. One visited several large libraries in the vicinity of my residence where usually the important books and periodicals sought related to the thorough completion of the project, were not available at these sizeable libraries. Through investigation one discovered a very small library that usually contained all the information one needed to complete an assignment. I often wondered aloud to fellow students why the larger libraries did not have in their inventory the precise sources needed to thoroughly complete a topic for college reports. The students agreed with me but could not answer my question.
The course requirements of this year demanded intensive research, study, and reporting, sometimes requiring a written and oral presentation. A group project in which I partook involved the hypothetical, complete marketing of a new and innovative product. Our group, with the professor’s approval selected a novel product to market. My responsibility in this group project was to report on the most cost effective way to transport and deliver the product to the retailer. Some of the research involved contacting various transportation companies including truck, rail, and airline companies. Through investigation, I recognized another mode of transportation, a concept called “piggy backing” which is the idea of combining freight carrying trucks with railroad service. A local trucking company did not have time to answer my questions regarding transportation costs but invited me to their office to research