Comments on: Ralph Nader blasts the NHTSA for rollover safety standards http://www.leftlanenews.com/ralph-nader-blasts-the-nhtsa-for-rollover-safety-standards.html Car news, reviews, and specs for the auto-industry Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: AMGoff http://www.leftlanenews.com/ralph-nader-blasts-the-nhtsa-for-rollover-safety-standards.html#comment-380580 AMGoff Tue, 13 May 2008 04:16:54 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/ralph-nader-blasts-the-nhtsa-for-rollover-safety-standards.html#comment-380580 Ohh... poor HemiRR... what? Did they not make you take any English classes to get your engineering degree?? My apologies... from now on I'll be sure to use words five letters or less.. and be sure to spell them all fo-net-tik-al-lee... k? Ohh… poor HemiRR… what? Did they not make you take any English classes to get your engineering degree?? My apologies… from now on I’ll be sure to use words five letters or less.. and be sure to spell them all fo-net-tik-al-lee… k?

]]> By: Thatguy http://www.leftlanenews.com/ralph-nader-blasts-the-nhtsa-for-rollover-safety-standards.html#comment-380404 Thatguy Mon, 12 May 2008 17:57:38 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/ralph-nader-blasts-the-nhtsa-for-rollover-safety-standards.html#comment-380404 So we need 3'' thick steel roofs, ANDDDDDDDD 35 mpg. F everyone that doesnt have a brain. THe laws of physics still apply despite technology, and they always will! Nader is a turdbucket. So we need 3” thick steel roofs, ANDDDDDDDD 35 mpg. F everyone that doesnt have a brain. THe laws of physics still apply despite technology, and they always will!

Nader is a turdbucket.

]]> By: HemiRoadRunner http://www.leftlanenews.com/ralph-nader-blasts-the-nhtsa-for-rollover-safety-standards.html#comment-380321 HemiRoadRunner Mon, 12 May 2008 12:56:14 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/ralph-nader-blasts-the-nhtsa-for-rollover-safety-standards.html#comment-380321 Wow, look how pissy amgoff gets about my comment on people publishing novels on here. Glad that something so stupid like that can get your pantiesin a wad. Wait until you find out what/who your wife is doing.... Wow, look how pissy amgoff gets about my comment on people publishing novels on here. Glad that something so stupid like that can get your pantiesin a wad. Wait until you find out what/who your wife is doing….

]]> By: Get Real http://www.leftlanenews.com/ralph-nader-blasts-the-nhtsa-for-rollover-safety-standards.html#comment-380285 Get Real Mon, 12 May 2008 02:36:06 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/ralph-nader-blasts-the-nhtsa-for-rollover-safety-standards.html#comment-380285 I want to know how he makes money to pay his bills. I want to know how he makes money to pay his bills.

]]> By: lyndon_h http://www.leftlanenews.com/ralph-nader-blasts-the-nhtsa-for-rollover-safety-standards.html#comment-380283 lyndon_h Mon, 12 May 2008 02:28:02 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/ralph-nader-blasts-the-nhtsa-for-rollover-safety-standards.html#comment-380283 I hate Nader. He delivered the presidency to GWB. So, in essence, he started the downward spiral. I hate Nader. He delivered the presidency to GWB. So, in essence, he started the downward spiral.

]]> By: cadillacsixteenfan http://www.leftlanenews.com/ralph-nader-blasts-the-nhtsa-for-rollover-safety-standards.html#comment-380189 cadillacsixteenfan Sat, 10 May 2008 04:34:02 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/ralph-nader-blasts-the-nhtsa-for-rollover-safety-standards.html#comment-380189 If Ralph Nader really wants to do something good for this country, then he needs to commit hara-kiri. Nader is the worst of the worse, the lowest of the low because he's a pathetic, cry-baby, loser who has always tried to hide his own selfish interests in this shroud of concern for the greater good. He's so oblivious and out of touch that it's just sad… he doesn't realize his life has caused more harm to this country than good. It's fucking Ralph Nader's fault that we've had to endure the last seven years of retarded-cowboy policies… That's not to say that I support Al Gore in any way whatsoever, but the fact remains that ANYONE would have done less to fuck this country up. Nader even hoped that Bush would win because he knew this country would probably go to shit… so this is a man who liked the idea of his own country to go down the toilet just so he can further promote his own ideas and agenda (almost like someone on this site). He'll say he's all about the safety and protection of consumers, but he fails to realize that his anti-business, anti-American rhetoric would harm consumers more than it would help them. And now, what is he doing again? Running for president for the umpteenth time… despite the fact that once again, he has no money, no backers or supporters, no one to vote for him, and no clue about any of it. I'm all for the establishment of a viable third party in this country because we've been witness to the inherent drawbacks our two-party system presents… but Ralph Nader isn't the fucking answer. Bottom line - Ralph Nader is a fucking whack-job… an oblivious, self-serving jackass who would rather see no America at all if he can't have a Nader America…. While barely conceivable, Ralph Nader is a worse American than GWB You speak the truth and that's why Chuck Baldwin is the real choice. If Ralph Nader really wants to do something good for this country, then he needs to commit hara-kiri. Nader is the worst of the worse, the lowest of the low because he’s a pathetic, cry-baby, loser who has always tried to hide his own selfish interests in this shroud of concern for the greater good. He’s so oblivious and out of touch that it’s just sad… he doesn’t realize his life has caused more harm to this country than good. It’s fucking Ralph Nader’s fault that we’ve had to endure the last seven years of retarded-cowboy policies… That’s not to say that I support Al Gore in any way whatsoever, but the fact remains that ANYONE would have done less to fuck this country up. Nader even hoped that Bush would win because he knew this country would probably go to shit… so this is a man who liked the idea of his own country to go down the toilet just so he can further promote his own ideas and agenda (almost like someone on this site). He’ll say he’s all about the safety and protection of consumers, but he fails to realize that his anti-business, anti-American rhetoric would harm consumers more than it would help them.

And now, what is he doing again? Running for president for the umpteenth time… despite the fact that once again, he has no money, no backers or supporters, no one to vote for him, and no clue about any of it. I’m all for the establishment of a viable third party in this country because we’ve been witness to the inherent drawbacks our two-party system presents… but Ralph Nader isn’t the fucking answer.

Bottom line – Ralph Nader is a fucking whack-job… an oblivious, self-serving jackass who would rather see no America at all if he can’t have a Nader America…. While barely conceivable, Ralph Nader is a worse American than GWB

You speak the truth
and that’s why Chuck Baldwin is the real choice.

]]> By: AMGoff http://www.leftlanenews.com/ralph-nader-blasts-the-nhtsa-for-rollover-safety-standards.html#comment-380180 AMGoff Sat, 10 May 2008 03:09:02 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/ralph-nader-blasts-the-nhtsa-for-rollover-safety-standards.html#comment-380180 HRR... then maybe you shouldn't be on here. You've already shown a propensity to not understand any concepts more complex than "I like me that thar Hemi..." Frankly, I'd like to know why some people insist on posting when they don't have a single fucking worthwhile thing to say at all? HRR… then maybe you shouldn’t be on here. You’ve already shown a propensity to not understand any concepts more complex than “I like me that thar Hemi…”

Frankly, I’d like to know why some people insist on posting when they don’t have a single fucking worthwhile thing to say at all?

]]> By: johnnycanuck http://www.leftlanenews.com/ralph-nader-blasts-the-nhtsa-for-rollover-safety-standards.html#comment-380178 johnnycanuck Sat, 10 May 2008 02:56:28 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/ralph-nader-blasts-the-nhtsa-for-rollover-safety-standards.html#comment-380178 Weirdest part is, up here in the Great White North there are probably more people who know who this douchebag is than our own Prime Minister. Weirdest part is, up here in the Great White North there are probably more people who know who this douchebag is than our own Prime Minister.

]]> By: Rover3500 http://www.leftlanenews.com/ralph-nader-blasts-the-nhtsa-for-rollover-safety-standards.html#comment-380173 Rover3500 Sat, 10 May 2008 01:35:47 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/ralph-nader-blasts-the-nhtsa-for-rollover-safety-standards.html#comment-380173 Please go away you treacherous reptile Please go away you treacherous reptile

]]> By: howsmydriving http://www.leftlanenews.com/ralph-nader-blasts-the-nhtsa-for-rollover-safety-standards.html#comment-380169 howsmydriving Sat, 10 May 2008 00:16:01 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/ralph-nader-blasts-the-nhtsa-for-rollover-safety-standards.html#comment-380169 My fantasy is that Nader will be found in his crashed 1983 Volvo, fatally impaled upon the stick shift shaft that went up his ass and out his mouth. My fantasy is that Nader will be found in his crashed 1983 Volvo, fatally impaled upon the stick shift shaft that went up his ass and out his mouth.

]]> By: Jigs http://www.leftlanenews.com/ralph-nader-blasts-the-nhtsa-for-rollover-safety-standards.html#comment-380137 Jigs Fri, 09 May 2008 21:35:34 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/ralph-nader-blasts-the-nhtsa-for-rollover-safety-standards.html#comment-380137 this is why us car companys fail. OLD PEOPLE AT THE HELM... only thing keeping Chrysler alive is the 300c sum of the Jeep range and DODGE. if they just let sum1 younger design sum of there cars and update the shit in side they will sell like hot cakes! i think the viper 300c Charger avenger and challagers are beautiful. but rest of there cars look like crap! this is why us car companys fail. OLD PEOPLE AT THE HELM… only thing keeping Chrysler alive is the 300c sum of the Jeep range and DODGE. if they just let sum1 younger design sum of there cars and update the shit in side they will sell like hot cakes! i think the viper 300c Charger avenger and challagers are beautiful. but rest of there cars look like crap!

]]> By: DialM4Speed http://www.leftlanenews.com/ralph-nader-blasts-the-nhtsa-for-rollover-safety-standards.html#comment-380131 DialM4Speed Fri, 09 May 2008 21:05:06 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/ralph-nader-blasts-the-nhtsa-for-rollover-safety-standards.html#comment-380131 Ralph who??? Does anybody listen to this fool? Ralph who??? Does anybody listen to this fool?

]]> By: shaver http://www.leftlanenews.com/ralph-nader-blasts-the-nhtsa-for-rollover-safety-standards.html#comment-380130 shaver Fri, 09 May 2008 21:03:46 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/ralph-nader-blasts-the-nhtsa-for-rollover-safety-standards.html#comment-380130 And this is just the beginning of Nader grabbing the attention of the media to set up his next glorious run. Which will again only hurt the Dems and help the war hero. And this is just the beginning of Nader grabbing the attention of the media to set up his next glorious run. Which will again only hurt the Dems and help the war hero.

]]> By: shaver http://www.leftlanenews.com/ralph-nader-blasts-the-nhtsa-for-rollover-safety-standards.html#comment-380128 shaver Fri, 09 May 2008 21:01:19 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/ralph-nader-blasts-the-nhtsa-for-rollover-safety-standards.html#comment-380128 Hes had his moments, but the runs for Prez are a joke. Hes had his moments, but the runs for Prez are a joke.

]]> By: oldraven http://www.leftlanenews.com/ralph-nader-blasts-the-nhtsa-for-rollover-safety-standards.html#comment-380117 oldraven Fri, 09 May 2008 19:59:06 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/ralph-nader-blasts-the-nhtsa-for-rollover-safety-standards.html#comment-380117 I hate Nader............... a lot. How about people take some responsibility for being SHITTY DRIVERS!!!!! If a truck driver jack-knife's on the highway, is it Peterbilt's fault? No, he should know better. If you take a turn in an SUV at the same speed you would in a low slung coupe, is it the SUV Man.'s fault? No, you should know better. I hate Nader…………… a lot.

How about people take some responsibility for being SHITTY DRIVERS!!!!! If a truck driver jack-knife’s on the highway, is it Peterbilt’s fault? No, he should know better. If you take a turn in an SUV at the same speed you would in a low slung coupe, is it the SUV Man.’s fault? No, you should know better.

]]> By: HemiRoadRunner http://www.leftlanenews.com/ralph-nader-blasts-the-nhtsa-for-rollover-safety-standards.html#comment-380112 HemiRoadRunner Fri, 09 May 2008 19:49:32 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/ralph-nader-blasts-the-nhtsa-for-rollover-safety-standards.html#comment-380112 Why do people insist on coming on here and posting novels? If I wanted to read a book I wouldn't be on here. Why do people insist on coming on here and posting novels? If I wanted to read a book I wouldn’t be on here.

]]> By: AMGoff http://www.leftlanenews.com/ralph-nader-blasts-the-nhtsa-for-rollover-safety-standards.html#comment-380109 AMGoff Fri, 09 May 2008 19:44:51 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/ralph-nader-blasts-the-nhtsa-for-rollover-safety-standards.html#comment-380109 If Ralph Nader really wants to do something good for this country, then he needs to commit hara-kiri. Nader is the worst of the worse, the lowest of the low because he's a pathetic, cry-baby, loser who has always tried to hide his own selfish interests in this shroud of concern for the greater good. He's so oblivious and out of touch that it's just sad... he doesn't realize his life has caused more harm to this country than good. It's fucking Ralph Nader's fault that we've had to endure the last seven years of retarded-cowboy policies... That's not to say that I support Al Gore in any way whatsoever, but the fact remains that ANYONE would have done less to fuck this country up. Nader even hoped that Bush would win because he knew this country would probably go to shit... so this is a man who liked the idea of his own country to go down the toilet just so he can further promote his own ideas and agenda (almost like someone on this site). He'll say he's all about the safety and protection of consumers, but he fails to realize that his anti-business, anti-American rhetoric would harm consumers more than it would help them. And now, what is he doing again? Running for president for the umpteenth time... despite the fact that once again, he has no money, no backers or supporters, no one to vote for him, and no clue about any of it. I'm all for the establishment of a viable third party in this country because we've been witness to the inherent drawbacks our two-party system presents... but Ralph Nader isn't the fucking answer. Bottom line - Ralph Nader is a fucking whack-job... an oblivious, self-serving jackass who would rather see no America at all if he can't have a Nader America.... While barely conceivable, Ralph Nader is a worse American than GWB. If Ralph Nader really wants to do something good for this country, then he needs to commit hara-kiri. Nader is the worst of the worse, the lowest of the low because he’s a pathetic, cry-baby, loser who has always tried to hide his own selfish interests in this shroud of concern for the greater good. He’s so oblivious and out of touch that it’s just sad… he doesn’t realize his life has caused more harm to this country than good. It’s fucking Ralph Nader’s fault that we’ve had to endure the last seven years of retarded-cowboy policies… That’s not to say that I support Al Gore in any way whatsoever, but the fact remains that ANYONE would have done less to fuck this country up. Nader even hoped that Bush would win because he knew this country would probably go to shit… so this is a man who liked the idea of his own country to go down the toilet just so he can further promote his own ideas and agenda (almost like someone on this site). He’ll say he’s all about the safety and protection of consumers, but he fails to realize that his anti-business, anti-American rhetoric would harm consumers more than it would help them.

And now, what is he doing again? Running for president for the umpteenth time… despite the fact that once again, he has no money, no backers or supporters, no one to vote for him, and no clue about any of it. I’m all for the establishment of a viable third party in this country because we’ve been witness to the inherent drawbacks our two-party system presents… but Ralph Nader isn’t the fucking answer.

Bottom line – Ralph Nader is a fucking whack-job… an oblivious, self-serving jackass who would rather see no America at all if he can’t have a Nader America…. While barely conceivable, Ralph Nader is a worse American than GWB.

]]> By: HemiRoadRunner http://www.leftlanenews.com/ralph-nader-blasts-the-nhtsa-for-rollover-safety-standards.html#comment-380095 HemiRoadRunner Fri, 09 May 2008 19:32:00 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/ralph-nader-blasts-the-nhtsa-for-rollover-safety-standards.html#comment-380095 Hmmmmm, maybe if people actually knew how to DRIVE and not ride other cars @$$'s this wouldn't happen. It may also help if the drivers of milf mobile SUV's weren't SPEEDING like a bat out of hell and yaking on their cell phones. Hmmmmm, maybe if people actually knew how to DRIVE and not ride other cars @$$’s this wouldn’t happen. It may also help if the drivers of milf mobile SUV’s weren’t SPEEDING like a bat out of hell and yaking on their cell phones.

]]> By: xyunya http://www.leftlanenews.com/ralph-nader-blasts-the-nhtsa-for-rollover-safety-standards.html#comment-380092 xyunya Fri, 09 May 2008 19:17:30 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/ralph-nader-blasts-the-nhtsa-for-rollover-safety-standards.html#comment-380092 The problem with what Nader saying is not that there is need for stronger roofs, but for communication between government agency and industry. Government has no means of issuing standard without consultation with industry. We don't know if NHTSA was asking industry of what needs to be done or what statistic on rollover death is or what the statistics on existing structural integrity. How agency can issue a standard that has to be voted into a law by congress without consulting with industry? This is not clear need to cut national fuel obesity, this is more complex scientific problem. The problem with what Nader saying is not that there is need for stronger roofs, but for communication between government agency and industry. Government has no means of issuing standard without consultation with industry. We don’t know if NHTSA was asking industry of what needs to be done or what statistic on rollover death is or what the statistics on existing structural integrity. How agency can issue a standard that has to be voted into a law by congress without consulting with industry? This is not clear need to cut national fuel obesity, this is more complex scientific problem.

]]> By: kitko http://www.leftlanenews.com/ralph-nader-blasts-the-nhtsa-for-rollover-safety-standards.html#comment-380085 kitko Fri, 09 May 2008 18:45:38 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/ralph-nader-blasts-the-nhtsa-for-rollover-safety-standards.html#comment-380085 No matter who Nader is and what he did or did not do, he is actually right about the need to modify old safety standards. It's always a problem when the wrong people propose the right things. But as they say, better safe than sorry, rollover prevention must come first and electronic stability control should be made standard - not just on SUVs but for on passanger cars too. There are no drawbacks - you can switch ESPs or DSCs off any time you like. But that would make you partially liable for multicar accident and might void your insurance if you mess it on your own. Germans have similar principle in place on unrestricted highways - feel like driving at 250 km/h (156 mph)? Why not. Are you in an accident? No matter who's fault it was, you're also a guilty party if you drove over 130 km/h (81 mph). No matter who Nader is and what he did or did not do, he is actually right about the need to modify old safety standards. It’s always a problem when the wrong people propose the right things.

But as they say, better safe than sorry, rollover prevention must come first and electronic stability control should be made standard – not just on SUVs but for on passanger cars too.

There are no drawbacks – you can switch ESPs or DSCs off any time you like. But that would make you partially liable for multicar accident and might void your insurance if you mess it on your own.
Germans have similar principle in place on unrestricted highways – feel like driving at 250 km/h (156 mph)? Why not. Are you in an accident? No matter who’s fault it was, you’re also a guilty party if you drove over 130 km/h (81 mph).

]]> By: rodeo40 http://www.leftlanenews.com/ralph-nader-blasts-the-nhtsa-for-rollover-safety-standards.html#comment-380084 rodeo40 Fri, 09 May 2008 18:42:27 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/ralph-nader-blasts-the-nhtsa-for-rollover-safety-standards.html#comment-380084 He's right...the roof-crush standards are pathetic. There is no reason a modern automobile's roof should crush into the passenger compartment from a rollover. Volvo can do it why not Detroit? He’s right…the roof-crush standards are pathetic. There is no reason a modern automobile’s roof should crush into the passenger compartment from a rollover. Volvo can do it why not Detroit?

]]> By: howsmydriving http://www.leftlanenews.com/ralph-nader-blasts-the-nhtsa-for-rollover-safety-standards.html#comment-380077 howsmydriving Fri, 09 May 2008 18:11:55 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/ralph-nader-blasts-the-nhtsa-for-rollover-safety-standards.html#comment-380077 Sorry Ralph, you shot your wad in the prior Presidential Elections. Even if you happen to be right, you can take a flying fuck at a rolling doughnut. Sorry Ralph, you shot your wad in the prior Presidential Elections. Even if you happen to be right, you can take a flying fuck at a rolling doughnut.

]]> By: F3INT))AP3X http://www.leftlanenews.com/ralph-nader-blasts-the-nhtsa-for-rollover-safety-standards.html#comment-380071 F3INT))AP3X Fri, 09 May 2008 18:02:43 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/ralph-nader-blasts-the-nhtsa-for-rollover-safety-standards.html#comment-380071 Ya seriously what a great idea, lets take the one thing that really helps cause rollovers which is a higher center of gravity and up the fuckin anty. I have driven my fair share of SUVs and it is evident within a few minutes of driving and only a couple corners that they are incredily top heavy; stack that onto the bouncy suspension that almost all SUVs have and you have yourself a recipe for disaster. This new standard would not be a recipe my friends, but a 5 alarm chili seasoning. Ya seriously what a great idea, lets take the one thing that really helps cause rollovers which is a higher center of gravity and up the fuckin anty. I have driven my fair share of SUVs and it is evident within a few minutes of driving and only a couple corners that they are incredily top heavy; stack that onto the bouncy suspension that almost all SUVs have and you have yourself a recipe for disaster. This new standard would not be a recipe my friends, but a 5 alarm chili seasoning.

]]> By: xyunya http://www.leftlanenews.com/ralph-nader-blasts-the-nhtsa-for-rollover-safety-standards.html#comment-380070 xyunya Fri, 09 May 2008 18:00:46 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/ralph-nader-blasts-the-nhtsa-for-rollover-safety-standards.html#comment-380070 I concur on Nader being a jerk. How one would expect government and people not being in touch with each other? Corporations are business entities represented by people and theoretically working for interests of people (at least those who either work or own it). If government will work in vacuum our laws and regulations will be as applicable as theoretical science. There is not a fine, but a legal line separating coziness and working framework and if not government employees corporate lawyers are very well aware off. I concur on Nader being a jerk. How one would expect government and people not being in touch with each other? Corporations are business entities represented by people and theoretically working for interests of people (at least those who either work or own it). If government will work in vacuum our laws and regulations will be as applicable as theoretical science. There is not a fine, but a legal line separating coziness and working framework and if not government employees corporate lawyers are very well aware off.

]]> By: 400horseSS http://www.leftlanenews.com/ralph-nader-blasts-the-nhtsa-for-rollover-safety-standards.html#comment-380069 400horseSS Fri, 09 May 2008 17:56:20 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/ralph-nader-blasts-the-nhtsa-for-rollover-safety-standards.html#comment-380069 Detroit will celebrate his death with a old school orgy, and sacrifices. Detroit will celebrate his death with a old school orgy, and sacrifices.

]]> By: injunraiv http://www.leftlanenews.com/ralph-nader-blasts-the-nhtsa-for-rollover-safety-standards.html#comment-380064 injunraiv Fri, 09 May 2008 17:43:25 +0000 http://www.leftlanenews.com/ralph-nader-blasts-the-nhtsa-for-rollover-safety-standards.html#comment-380064 While the current 'coziness' that corporations in general seem to feel with the current administration is probably not in the best interests of the american people, I still think this particular guy is a jerk... While the current ‘coziness’ that corporations in general seem to feel with the current administration is probably not in the best interests of the american people, I still think this particular guy is a jerk…

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