Your car is an ideal breeding ground for germs, but do you know which parts of the interior are most riddled with them?

A study was conducted by auto retailer Motorpoint, which specialises in selling nearly-new second-hand cars - so they know how disgusting a vehicle interior can get and the importance of a good cleaning.

Researchers for Motorpoint swabbed the below 20 key areas and put samples in petri dishes.

•Steering wheel - rim • Steering wheel - horn • Gear stick • Handbrake • Indicator lever • Rear view mirror • Radio volume button • Internal door handle – drivers side • Cup holder • Dashboard • Boot • Driver seat • Driver footwell • Driver seat belt strap • Driver seat belt buckle • Driver seat belt button • Back seat • Back seat footwell • Passenger seat • Passenger footwell

These were then left for five days to see how many germs and bacteria they were home to.

The results for each area were visually compared to rank the areas of the car and to determine which was the most germ-ridden.









For those who had pets, you might want to rethink letting your animals in your vehicle as the driver’s boot was covered in bacteria.

Out of all the samples, the areas with the most visible bacteria were the boot, driver footwell, seatbelt button and handbrake.

The cup holder, inside door handle, and radio volume button had also accumulated plenty of white and black coloured mould.

The three cleanest areas with the least germs were the rear-view mirror, steering wheel rim, and the gear stick ,surprising considering how often drivers touch these.

If you normally eat or drink in your car, as well as driving young kids or putting pets or other domestic animals and perishable goods in the boot, then these can also have an impact on dirtiness in cars.

The results were quite revealing and showed how bad slack car cleaning and maintenance could be to you and your passengers health.

So it pays to regularly clean both the interior parts and outside of your car.

Source https://autojosh.com/these-are-the-dirtiest-and-the-most-germ-riddled-parts-of-your-car-by-motorpoint/

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Tchai..I’ve got to get me some driving gloves.

Hmm

Highly informative. Thank you OP

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Thanks

Under the seats are also usually very dirty.

Something must kill man.

Alvin007:
Tchai..I’ve got to get me some driving gloves.

Funny

How will this pursue Buhari from Aso Rock next year?

Kai! "THE BOOT" Nd that's where I hide most times eachtime i commit a crime nd trying to hide from preying eyes

Highly informative to BoneBeings who want acquire second hand,third hand and last hand Cars

If your sample was taken from a foreign car, what happens to out danfo buses May Oluwa save us

Streptococcus. That. Bacteria wan finish me. Until den give me augmentin 1g. . na so the thing go. I go lab they say e don go

Only microbiologist will understand

lustychima:
Only microbiologist will understand

I'm not a microbiologist yet I'm not totally ignorant.

I must ask the OP to be specific on what pathogens were encountered (if they were pathogens at all), what diseases they would cause and how resistant the strains are to the most common medicines.

For ndi nwere motor

Before opening I was thinking it would be the seats that come in direct contact with the arse (if you know...or so they say)

Microbes are ubiquitous in nature. So no matter how much you try, you'll still find some significant amount of the them there.

Jeezuzpick:


I'm not a microbiologist yet I'm not totally ignorant.

I must ask the OP to be specific on what pathogens were encountered (if they were pathogens at all), what diseases they would cause and how resistant the strains are to the most common medicines.

knowledge is a good thing.... And ignorance will never be an excuse

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Alvin007:
Tchai..I’ve got to get me some driving gloves.

Still not a solution. Use that glove to drive. Next time u want to wear it, u pick it up wt ur bare hands. Pick the microbes from the outer part of the glove, transfer them inside the glove. The micro organism will live inside the glove and multiply. Enjoying and thriving better in the moisture nature of the glove.

You remove the glove wt the beliv that u protected ur palms. Use the "protected" hand to take fruits and other food.

Just like someone using public toilet. U finished using the toilet. Open the tap, wash ur hands and still use that well washed hand to turn the tap of by holding the knob that is coated with bacteria.

Just know it that nature has a way of handling these issues. Just try as much as u can to maintain a good personal hygiene. If u start thinking of all these, u will even be scared to breathe in this air.

Psoul:


Still not a solution. Use that glove to drive. Next time u want to wear it, u pick it up wt ur bare hands. Pick the microbes from the outer part of the glove, transfer them inside the glove. The micro organism will live inside the glove and multiply. Enjoying and thriving better in the moisture nature of the glove.

You remove the glove wt the beliv that u protected ur palms. Use the "protected" hand to take fruits and other food.

Just like someone using public toilet. U finished using the toilet. Open the tap, wash ur hands and still use that well washed hand to turn the tap of by holding the knob that is coated with bacteria.

Just know it that nature has a way of handling these issues. Just try as much as u can to maintain a good personal hygiene. If u start thinking of all these, u will even be scared to breathe in this air.

Bros..na joke I dey na