[Marxism] Nader wins! But auto manufacturers keep him off ballot--I mean, take credit

[Brian Shannon <Brian_Shannon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

SEAT BELTS, SOBRIETY LAWS SEND ROAD DEATH RATE TO RECORD LOW
By Jayne O'Donnell, USA TODAY
The death rate on U.S. roads is the lowest since the government began  
tracking it in 1966, federal auto safety officials said Tuesday.
Just 1.48 people died in traffic accidents for every 100 million miles  
traveled in 2003, according to the government's latest data. That's  
down from 1.51 the previous two years, and more than 5 deaths per 100  
million miles in the 1960s, before strict U.S. safety regulations,  
tough enforcement of drunken-driving laws and emphasis on safety belt  
use.
"America's roads and highways are safer than ever," Transportation  
Secretary Norman Mineta said.
Automakers, through their trade association, the Alliance of Auto  
Manufacturers, took credit Tuesday for helping cut deaths with vehicles  
that are "a virtual cocoon of safety" with air bags, crumple zones,  
anti-lock brakes and sophisticated safety belts.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2004-08-10-traffic-deaths_x.htm

Author Harold Evans perhaps best summed up Ralph Nader's impact on this  
nation.
"America owes more than it may ever realize to Nader and his Johnny  
Appleseed research and advocacy groups: Safer cars, Airbags. Medicines  
that are safe, effective and cheaper. Tractors that don't roll over.  
Scam-free hearing aids. Decent nursing homes. Fairer credit and  
insurance. Cleaner water. Safer factories…Nader and his groups have  
played a critical role in all these changes and thousands more. Nader  
is not invulnerable to criticism; he might perhaps too readily assume  
all producers are wrong, all consumers right. He has had his failures  
and setbacks, and he certainly has critics, irritated by his piety, and  
enemies, frightened by his effectiveness. Yet few have achieved more  
for the American citizen than Ralph Nader and his selfless crusade over  
the past 35 years."
http://www.buyandhold.com/bh/en/education/history/2004/ 
ralph_nader_04.html

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And if Congress had mandated stronger airline cabin doors and a policy  
of keeping them locked, which Nader called for 35 years ago, there  
would have been no 9/11.

from Brian Shannon





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