It was precisely in those few seconds that Unsafe at Any Speed burned into my cerebellum.

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In 1965, there were 47, 089 motor vehicle fatalities in the U.S. That same year, consumer activist Ralph Nader's famous indictment of the auto industry was published, Unsafe at Any Speed.

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Consider what might have happened if American automakers in the 1960s had begun designing and building safer and more fuel-efficient cars just after Ralph Nader first published his seminal book, Unsafe at Any Speed.

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Traditional banking is unsafe at any speed.

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Athletic scholarships: Unsafe at any speed.

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