Itโs a safe assumption that none of us want to be gripping a toilet seat, but you might beโฆwhen youโre driving! According to a study from CarRentals.com , about one-third of us are driving around with a steering wheel thatโs more funk-ridden than any toilet seat.
To make it even nastier? The research shows that the average steering wheel has four times more bacteria on it than a typical public toilet seat does. Howโs that? When you break down the numbers, that average steering wheel has 629 โcolony-forming unitsโ as opposed to a toilet seatโs 172. Itโs a little better for the cupholder and seatbelt, where the numbers are 506 and 403 respectively.
While itโs common for people to eat, drink, sneeze, cough, and whatever other nasty business theyโre doing in their cars, only 32% of people take the time to clean their interiors annually. Even if youโre one of those meticulous car cleaners, youโre still not out of the woods. The average gas pump is reported to have two million of those โcolony-forming unitsโ scurrying about. Tasty.
Then, thereโs the ride-share cars. Donโt forget the Purell next time!
Source: Car Rentals