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 way too long.

Welcome to the Ralph Nader Radio Hour. My name is Steve Scrovan along with my co-host David Feldman. Hello David. Hello, we have a packed show.

Yeah. And the man of the hour, Ralph Nader.

How are you today, Ralph?

Good, ready for a terrific show, as the listeners will agree, I hope, by the end of it.

Well, as my colleagues have mentioned, we do have a jam-packed show today, a great show.

We're going to be talking about, of all things, vultures, the real kind, not the political kind,

with author Elizabeth Royte. We're also going to check in with old pal Sid

Wolf who will update us on what's going on with another kind of vulture, big

pharma. But first we're going to discuss the latest about what is going on in the auto industry

with Clarence Ditlow, one of the foremost, if not the foremost, expert in the world of

auto safety. David?

Clarence Ditlow is the executive director of the Center for Auto Safety, which was founded by the Consumers Union and Ralph Nader back in 1970.

Every year the center puts out a report called The Car Book, which is a comprehensive guide to buying a car.

He co-authored with Ralph Nader, The Lemon Book about how not to get ripped off purchasing

a car and was also the co-author of Little Secrets of the

auto industry about the issue of secret warranties. Clarence Ditlow has been

watchdogging the auto industry at the center since 1976 and the New York Times describes

him as quote the splinter the industry cannot remove from its thumb.

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