Center for Auto Safety

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The Center for Auto Safety (CAS) was founded in 1970 by Consumers Union and Ralph Nader as a Washington, D.C.-based lobbying group focused on the United States automotive industry.

Accomplishments

CAS counts numerous far-reaching efforts among its successes:^[1]

"Lemon laws" enacted in all 50 states
State laws requiring auto manufacturers to disclose "hidden" warranties to consumers
The Firestone tire recall
The Ford Pinto recall due to its dangerous gas tank design
Exposure of a potentially lethal gas tank design in General Motors pickup trucks^[2]
Improved U.S. highway safety standards administered by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

External links

The Center for Auto Safety — official website

Notes

↑ "About Us". The Center for Auto Safety. Retrieved 2006-02-26.
↑ "GM pickup trucks — fuel tanks and the media spotlight". Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Archived from the original on July 11, 2009. Retrieved October 4, 2013.

Ralph Nader

Family	Rose Nader Claire Nader Laura Nader Shafeek Nader

Books authored	Unsafe at Any Speed Action for a Change Crashing the Party Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us! Unstoppable: The Emerging Left–Right Alliance to Dismantle the Corporate State

Political campaigns	Campaign for 1992 presidential election Campaign for 1996 presidential election Campaign for 2000 presidential election Campaign for 2004 presidential election Campaign for 2008 presidential election

Organizations	Public Citizen Critical Mass Energy Project Knowledge Ecology International Public Interest Research Group Center for Auto Safety Connecticut Citizen Action Group Essential Information Princeton Project 55 Appleseed Foundation Democracy Rising American Antitrust Institute Commercial Alert

Other	An Unreasonable Man Concord Principles Political positions American Museum of Tort Law

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