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The inside of your car could be even dirtier than a toilet seat, experts warned today.
Stomach-churning images show how vehicles can be home to a cocktail of bacteria not visible to the naked eye.
As part of their grim experiment, a team from LKQ Euro Car Parts took samples from three different car interiors.
The driver's seat was the worst offender with levels of illness-causing bugs almost four times higher than a toilet, followed by the handbrake, inside door handles and gear stick.
Stomach-churning images show how your vehicle is home to cocktail of bacteria not visible to the naked eye. The researchers, from LKQ Euro Car Parts, took samples from three car interiors, to establish bacterial contamination levels. Pictured, the driver's seat
Experts today labelled the results 'sobering' and urged drivers to rethink how they clean their cars. Pictured, the inoculated plate harbouring bacteria from the door handle
Experts today labelled the results 'sobering' and urged drivers to rethink how they clean their vehicles.
Dr Deborah Lee, a medical writer at Dr Fox Online Pharmacy said: 'The car is a potent source of bacteria, some of which can cause illnesses in humans.
'If the car is not properly cleaned, infections can occur and recur and, in some people, become persistent.
'There are bacteria all around us, and thankfully we have a good immune system to keep us safe, but the fact that the car is such an incubator for
