Unsafe At Any Speed, Chapters 7 and 8
Episode notes
In which we cover the final chapters in Ralph Nader’s 1965 book, Unsafe At Any Speed, plus the foreword to the 1972 version. But first, we get caught up on our project cars and debate the merits of underglow.
Corrections and Omissions: $7.95 in 1965 dollars is worth about $75 today, and Petry vs. GM was settled out of court: https://www.corvair.org/chapters/lvcc/lvcc_newsletters/lvcc_2012_11_fifth_wheel.pdf //
Main topic at 44:17
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Music by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard: www.kinggizzardandthelizardwizard.com/polygondwanaland //
Links/Sources:
Nader, Ralph. Unsafe At Any Speed. New York, Grossman Publishers, 1965. //
Engineering Explained: Why Threshold Braking Is Impossible - ABS Wins!
https://youtu.be/G-GEUkiMuLk //
Ch 7: The traffic safety establishment https://imgur.com/a/mtHMkue //
Tire treadwear ratings explained: https://www.consumerreports.org/tires/truth-about-tire-treadwear-how-cr-tests-tread-life-a6218520265/ //
Ch 8: The coming struggle for safety https://imgur.com/a/DnfsEmh //
Since Unsafe at Any Speed (foreword to the 1972 edition) https://imgur.com/a/WMdEaOa //
Petry vs. GM was settled out of court, and lead to a recall: https://www.corvair.org/chapters/lvcc/lvcc_newsletters/lvcc_2012_11_fifth_wheel.pdf //