Ralph Nader

 Ralph Nader

Ralph Nader is an individual that decided to represent the need to reform the auto industry in the 1970-1980s. We learn that the improved protection and safety that cars now have has been due to the efforts of Ralph Nader. Ralph Nader was able to fight for the rights of the consumers to have better equipment and better safety measures for cars. We learn that iniatially, cars had minimal safety measures and protective equipment. The air bags, reinforced doors, seat belts, and cushioning on cars that we now see had been improved due to the efforts of Ralph Nader. 

We learn that there were multiple cases where cars were not safe to drive because they were made in a manner that placed the priority on profits over safety. There were cases where cars would combust spontaneously due to the lack of safety standards that existed at that time. Ralph Nader was able to fight for better cars with improved safety measures. We have seen the manner that car's safety measures have improved since the 1980s because of improvements, reforms, and better standards of quality that were not seen previously. 

The story of how Ralph Nader fought for car consumer's rights to have better safety measures and improvements describes the importance of perseverance and truth. While the car industry attempted to prevent Ralph Nader from fighting in a disputed case, we learn that Ralph Nader kept speaking truth about the automobile's industry need to improve their vehicles to protect car consumer's health. We learn that this resulted in the car industry attempting to prevent Ralph Nader from continuing in the case.

Ralph Nader documented the manner that he would receive late night calls that were meant to intimidate and harass. We learn that Ralph Nader kept speaking truth and fighting for car consumer's rights amidst opposition from the automobile industry. Ralph Nader described how strange women that he had never met and was not acquainted with would follow Ralph Nader and ask for help specifically to Ralph Nader whenever he went to the grocery store during the time he was fighting against the car industry's attempts to prevent reforms. Ralph Nader also described that the automobile industry had contracted a "private investigator" to get information on Ralph Nader to prevent him from speaking truth. We learn that none of the intimidations, harassment, and opposition detered Ralph Nader from fighting for individuals right's to better safety equipment in automobiles that are now seen in most vehicles.