Ralph Nader
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Ralph Nader is an American lawyer and political activist involved in consumer protection, environmentalism, and government reform causes. He has been a presidential candidate repeatedly. His 1965 book
Nader in 2007
Nader in the Princeton University yearbook, 1955
Nader, far right, at a meeting with Sylvia Porter and U.S. president Gerald Ford in 1974
Nader in 1975
Unsafe at Any Speed
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Unsafe at Any Speed: The Designed-In Dangers of the American Automobile is a non-fiction book by consumer advocate Ralph Nader, first published in 1965. Its central theme is that car manufacturers res
Ralph Nader
…activist involved in consumer protection, environmentalism, and government reform causes. He has been a presidential candidate repeatedly. His 1965 book Unsafe at Any Speed, which criticized the automotive industry for its safety record, helped lead to the passage of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act in…
Exhibit featuring the book at Henry Ford Museum, Detroit
Chrome-finishing at the dashboard and a pillar of a 1957 Buick Roadmaster, a car that became infamous for suddenly losing brake-pressure
Unsafe at Any Speed claimed that aggressive styling like that of the 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air was hazardous to pedestrians.