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Unsafe At Any Speed

Ralph Nader

Ralph Nader's book about the lack of safety built into autos which created controversy when published.

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Stuff You Should Know

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Stuff You Should Know

The hosts highlighted the book as a groundbreaking 1965 exposé that detailed how automobiles were engineered to be hazardous and championed the combined use of airbags and seatbelts. They noted its thorough, chapter‑by‑chapter analysis and credited it with prompting major safety reforms such as the Highway Safety Act of 1966. The overall discussion praised its lasting influence on automotive safety standards.

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It was mentioned as a book that Ralph Nader wrote in 1965, which detailed how cars were designed to be dangerous.

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Ralph Nader had a book called Unsafe at Any Speed that was a big hit.

So he released this book in 1965 and it was basically like a chapter by chapter, really wonky, detailed description of how your car was ready and willing to murder you.

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It was described as a chapter-by-chapter, detailed description of how cars were ready to murder their occupants. The book's impact led to the passage of the Highway Safety Act of 1966.

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It was basically like a chapter by chapter really wonky detailed description of how your car was ready and willing to murder you right not kill you murder you intentional they were like chapters on like the steering column it's going to impale you or that dashboard it ain't padded and your head's gonna open up like a ripe can of open it comes in contact with it

The Megyn Kelly Show

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The Megyn Kelly Show

The book is about the dangers of automobiles, and how regulations can be implemented to make them safer. It is seen as a good example of how public regulation can be used to improve safety and protect the public from powerful corporations.

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For instance, automobiles. Automobiles used to be much more dangerous. We used to have far more people dying in car crashes every year, you know, before Ralph Nader came around and wrote Unsafe at Any...

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The book is about the dangers of automobiles, and how regulations can be implemented to make them safer. It is seen as a good example of how public regulation can be used to improve safety and protect the public from powerful corporations.

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For instance, automobiles. Automobiles used to be much more dangerous. We used to have far more people dying in car crashes every year, you know, before Ralph Nader came around and wrote Unsafe at Any Speed and started actually getting regulations put into these things.

99% Invisible

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99% Invisible

It was discussed as a bestseller that highlighted the auto industry's resistance to safety features and their prioritization of style over safety, becoming a catalyst for change.

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And he had read Unsafe at Any Speed.

— Episode: The Nut Behind the Wheel

Episode: The Nut Behind the Wheel

It was discussed as a bestseller that highlighted the auto industry's resistance to safety features and their prioritization of style over safety, becoming a catalyst for change.

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And he had read Unsafe at Any Speed.

Unsafe at Any Speed was an unlikely bestseller by a car safety obsessed young lawyer named Ralph Nader.

The book took research by people like Hugh de Haven and turned it into a scorching indictment of the auto industry.

It showed car companies had actually patented safety technology, including the collapsible steering column.

They just weren't using it.

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