Anecdotes

Has run for President of the United States as a Green Party candidate (1996 & 2000) and an independent (2004 & 2008). He received his highest percentage of the popular vote in 2000 (3%).

During the 1960s, was a major campaigner for laws requiring the existence and use of seatbelts, padded dashes, shatter proof windshields in every car in America, saving literally hundreds of thousands of american lives.

He is of Lebanese descent.

Was once chosen to be the keynote speaker for a convention of Chevrolet Corvair collectors.

Is a lawyer and a well-known consumer advocate.

American humorist Garrison Keillor described his 2004 independent presidential campaign as akin to "an air bag without a car".

Has Bell's Palsy.

Wrote a book titled, "Unsafe At Any Speed", which was a major indictment of the safety record of Detroit auto makers, especially Chevrolet's Corvair.

Speaks seven languages.

Release of his book, "Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!". (septembre 2009)

Release of his book, "The Good Fight: Declare Your Independence & Close the Democracy Gap". (2004)

Induced into the Automotive Hall of Fame in 2016.