From the K-P-F-K Studios in Southern California,

it's the Ralph Nader Radio Hour.

Stand up, stand up.

You've been sitting great to long.

Welcome to the Ralph Nader Radio Hour. My name is Steve Scrovan and my co-host David

Falman promises that he will be back next week.

You mean he threatens to be back next week, Steve?

Yes, he threatened.

It was very, you know, and I don't know if we can, we really should negotiate with hostage

takers, but we are going to negotiate his release and having come back.

But we do have the man of the hour whose voice you just heard there, Ralph Nader, and a little

birdie told me, Ralph, that you are being inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame.

Yeah, I guess what goes around comes around. It's really amazing.

This is a Hall of Fame started in 1930s by the auto companies and this is the first consumer advocate they have inducted and it'll be an interesting gathering in Detroit.

I'm being given a few minutes to speak and I'm going to use

every one of them. I don't doubt that. Now there was a quote from

auto executive Robert Lutz who had various times in his career, worked for all three auto companies in the United States.

And this was his quote, he said, quote, unsafe at any speed had a seminal effect.

I didn't like the book, but there was definitely a role for government in

auto safety. I think that's the prevailing view now and although they are having

remarkable quality control problems and have recalled almost a hundred million cars in the last two or three years.

The issue of safety is no longer taboo.

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