[Imagine how many times you sneeze and breathe over your own steering wheel?] It is possible to take samples from the steering wheel and this had been performed a few years ago by microbiologists. 'The steering wheel can possibly carry more than twice as many germs as a toilet seat', said the survey - Journals | 'BOTH HANDS OFF THE WHEEL'
Makes sense. I've cleaned some cars with nasty steering wheels. What's worse is when you do a woman's car, because they use all sorts of hand lotions, which makes a really gross build-up on all the controls.