Consumer Advocate Ralph Nader Still Wary Of Auto Industry

Self-driving cars are a bad move, says consumer advocate Ralph Nader. Today, on the 50th anniversary of the publication of his landmark book, Unsafe at Any Speed, Nader says the auto industry should put the brakes on automated driving. "It’s leading to the emerging great hazard on the highway, which is distracted driving," Nader said. The auto industry wants "to turn cars into entertainment arenas, mobile offices. Distracted driving is already generating thousands of deaths per year. They are ballyhooing the driverless cars when the algorithms are nowhere near as specific as serendipitous situations on the road in congested traffic."