<VV> Nader and the book!

[shortle]

I think we should all thank RN for taking a role in making ALL cars safer. That book was nothing more than an indictment on industrialization. 1 Chapter was on the early model Corvair. Whereas didn't he write an entire book on the (lack of) safety of the air cooled VW?
Timothy Shortle in (beautiful,warm) Durango Colorado


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>From: rodneyspooner at corvairgarage.com
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>Nader admitted that he was a young attorney trying to make a name for himself. It was unfortunate but NOT a coincidence that the very first chapter was dedicated to the Corvair. Nader's facts were flawed based on a pre-production memo of the swing axle. The swing axle that was produced featured a "swivel bearing" at the wheel end of the axle. So although there was still tow in it was limited by the length of the extended shock and/or the optional strap.
>     Anyone who has seen the videos of the engineers trying to roll a Corvair should have been sufficient evidence to disprove Nader's claim.
>    I attribute the cause most if not ALL of the accidents to poor maintenance (incorrect/low tire pressure) or a loose nut behind the wheel (driving unsafe for conditions.)
>    In the end, anyone who still remembers Nader's book thinks it was all about the Corvair. Nader still gets waaayyy too much credit for the Corvair's demise. It was GM's fault.
>    The irony of all of this is that we should THANK NADER for causing GM to continue the Corvair until 1969 instead of pulling the plug in 1966. THANKS RALPHIE!!!
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>From: Sethracer at aol.com
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>Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 12:26:41 
>To: <HallGrenn at aol.com>; <Vairtec at optonline.net>; <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
>Subject: <VV> Nader and the book!
>
>Although I have, on occasion moved the copies of "Unsafe @" from the Auto  
>section in my local libraries to the Fiction section, under N for Nader, I  
>really don't see it as fiction. It is more propaganda. That would be full of 
> intended lies, not fanciful fiction. It was published with a definite  
>purpose in mind. Not really intending the Corvair as a target, Nader was aiming 
> at the Auto industry as a whole, trying to get it to reform it's methods 
>of  dealing with safety both in car design and sales. Well, as we have seen 
>since  1965, car design has certainly been affected. For better or worse, 
>cars are now  much safer to be in during an accident.
> 
>Sales? Not so much! See the latest Corvette TV commercial: "Nice  to know, 
>America still builds Rockets!"
> 
>Seth Emerson - (Sitting in the Denver airport between flights)
> 
> 
> 
>In a message dated 12/8/2010 9:08:38 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
>HallGrenn at aol.com writes:
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>
>In a  message dated 12/8/2010 10:41:56 AM Eastern Standard Time,   
>Vairtec at optonline.net writes:
>
>-Publication date for the novel,  Unsafe at any  Speed
>
>
>
>Novel.  Very apt Bob.   "Unsafe and Any Speed" certainly was  fiction.
>
>Bob  Hall
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