Aging activists laments Toyota's easy ride

bwilson4web · May 12, 2010

http://www.courier-journal.com/arti...ess/Aging+activist+laments+Toyota+s+easy+ride

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For decades, Fumio Matsuda took on the nation's powerful carmakers, bringing his engineering expertise to landmark court battles that won damages for consumers and led companies to make their vehicles safer.But his success has yet to inspire a new generation of Japanese consumer advocates, and few have been willing to stand up to Toyota.

Japanese drivers have largely escaped the sticky gas pedals and other problems that have cropped up in the United States. The Prius and other Toyota hybrid cars have been recalled in Japan for a braking software glitch, and there have been no high-profile fatalities or injuries.

Still, Matsuda, 84, worries that the absence of even modest criticism of Toyota in Japan shows the activism that he ignited decades ago has lost momentum altogether.
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Shades of Ralph Nader.

Bob Wilson

bisco · May 12, 2010

i loved the corvair. nader ruined my life at 17 years old.

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