The interior of an average ride-share vehicle is 35,000 times dirtier than a toilet seat, study says.
More than one in six vehicles operated by Uber and Lyft drivers has unrepaired defects covered by outstanding safety recalls, according to a new study. And that's not the only disturbing news about your shared ride — a separate study shows that the interior of the vehicle is likely 35,000 times dirtier than a toilet seat., insurance aggregator Netquote took swabs to the main touchpoints in ride-sharing vehicles, taxis and rental cars — door handles, seat belts and window buttons.
The dirtiest part of the cars Netquote tested was the window switches in ride-sharing vehicles — an average of 5 million CFUs. Seat belts had an average 1,810. Door handles, however, were — as odd as this might sound — as clean as a toilet seat, with just 171 colonies per square inch. Considering the fact that some of those defects could risk the lives of drivers and passengers, it is a serious problem “that the companies are not requiring the cars to be fixed,” Ryan Felton, investigative reporter for Consumer Reports, said.
Uber told The Associated Press it does flag any vehicle in its fleet subject to a “do not drive warning” from the NHTSA. But these are issued only when a potential problem is so severe as to raise the serious risk of causing a crash.
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