Study Finds Steering Wheel To Be Dirtier Than Toilet Seats

CarRentals.com, a website for, well, renting cars, has conducted a survey among 1,000 drivers in the United States about how often these car owners sanitize and clean their car's interior. The result? A shocking 32 percent of these drivers, or 320 out of 1,000, rarely do so. In fact, these car owners only clean their car's interior once a year.

While that can be a shocker, Expedia Group's car rental service was able to divulge interesting numbers with regards to how clean our cars' interiors are, which correlates as to why we need to clean them regularly for health and safety.

According to the National Center for Biotechnology Information, the car's interior are among the filthiest places on Earth, which can be even dirtier than a toilet seat. In particular, steering wheels are four times dirtier than toilet seats – a very inconvenient truth, considering that it's the part of the car that we constantly have contact with.

CarRentals.com, a website for, well, renting cars, has conducted a survey among 1,000 drivers in the United States about how often these car owners sanitize and clean their car's interior. The result? A shocking 32 percent of these drivers, or 320 out of 1,000, rarely do so. In fact, these car owners only clean their car's interior once a year.

While that can be a shocker, Expedia Group's car rental service was able to divulge interesting numbers with regards to how clean our cars' interiors are, which correlates as to why we need to clean them regularly for health and safety.

According to the National Center for Biotechnology Information, the car's interior are among the filthiest places on Earth, which can be even dirtier than a toilet seat. In particular, steering wheels are four times dirtier than toilet seats – a very inconvenient truth, considering that it's the part of the car that we constantly have contact with.

The most common perpetrator of bacterial infestation inside a car is, you've guessed it, eating. Due to our on-the-go lifestyle, we have accustomed to eating inside our cars. With these numbers laid out in front of us, I guess it's time that we think twice first before entering those drive-thrus.