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Your steering wheel is dirtier than a public bench

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Drivers happily touch public door handles, rub their faces, and immediately grip the wheel for hours. It is a highly touched, rarely scrubbed leather circle that harbors more microscopic chaos than a public bench.

Your steering wheel is dirtier than a public bench
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