Think back if you would to those classic cars of the 1950s and early 60s.

Sleek lines, lots of chrome and wood paneling, pretty snazzy, right?

There were no seat belts, no airbags, no padded dash panels.

It was a stylistic pornography over engineering integrity.

It's Thursday, November 30th, but today, like every day, it's

Science Friday. I'm Cyfri's news director John Dankowski. Yeah, those classic

cars may have looked great, but they could be deadly.

Then on this day, in 1965, the lawyer and consumer advocate Ralph Nader published a book that

was credited with changing all that.

Unsafe at any speed was a deep analysis of how carmakers fought against adding safety features to their cars

in favor of looks and comfort.

Here's Ira Plato in an interview with Ralph Nader back in 2021.

The success of that book propelled Ralph Nader to become one of the most influential consumer advocates of his generation.

And since then, Cars and what we expect from them have changed

tremendously. We want our cars to keep us safe, and the bells and whistles of safety are a plus not a minus.

Ralph Nader, renowned consumer safety advocate,

several time presidential candidate based in Winstead, Connecticut.

Welcome to Science Friday.

Thank you very much. Nice to have you. Thank you very much.

Nice to have you.

Ralph, let's go back in the way back machine to the mid-60s with the publishing of your

groundbreaking book.

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