Center for Auto Safety

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
Improved U.S. highway safety standards administered by the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)

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Family	Rose Nader Claire Nader Laura Nader Shafeek Nader
Books authored	Unsafe at Any Speed: The Designed-In Dangers of the American Automobile 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
Presidential campaigns	1992 campaign 1996 campaign 2000 campaign 2004 campaign 2008 campaign
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 AlumniCorps Appleseed Foundation Democracy Rising American Antitrust Institute Commercial Alert Capitol Hill Citizen
Other	An Unreasonable Man Concord Principles American Museum of Tort Law The Chemical Feast introduction Small - On Safety introduction
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