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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 resisted the introduction of safety features (such as seat belts), and that they were generally reluctant to spend money on improving safety.
Ralph Nader (/ ˈ n eɪ d ər /; born February 27, 1934) [1] is an American political activist involved in consumer protection, environmentalism, and government reform causes.He is a perennial presidential candidate.
Niven demonstrated this, to his own satisfaction, with "Safe at Any Speed" (1967). [12] He used the setting for much less short fiction after 1968 [a] and much less for novels after two published in 1980. [1] Late in that decade, Niven invited other authors to participate in a series of shared-universe novels, with the Man–Kzin Wars as their ...
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Unsafe at Any Speed. Grossman Publishers, 1965. What to Do with Your Bad Car: An Action Manual for Lemon Owners (with Lowell Dodge and Ralf Hotchkiss). Grossman Publishers, 1971. Beware. Law-Arts, Publishers, Inc., 1971. Action for a Change (with Donald Ross, Brett English, and Joseph Highland). Grossman Publishers; Rev. ed., 1972.
Systematic motor-vehicle safety efforts began during the 1960s. In 1960, unintentional injuries caused 93,803 deaths; [5] 41% were associated with motor-vehicle crashes. In 1966, after Congress and the general public had become thoroughly horrified by five years of skyrocketing motor-vehicle-related fatality rates, the enactment of the Highway Safety Act created the National Highway Safety ...
A recent observation study found that half of school bus drivers speed in school zones. Nearly a quarter of those speeding drivers exceeded the speed limit by at least 10 mph.
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