In today's hurried world, many greet the day by opening their car doors to a trail of food and gum wrappers, empty soda bottles and cans, meandering coins, crumpled tickets, and perhaps a stray, withering magazine.

It's fair to say that at least some perfunctory spring cleaning is in order, but who are the most slovenly drivers among us? One poll by Swinton suggests that women in particular might either shy away from cleaning their cars or simply forego the unpleasant task altogether.

Of the 3,000 female policyholders surveyed by the U.K.-based insurer, 78 percent expressed embarrassed about the unkempt state of their rides. Perhaps more troubling, 20 percent of the participants admitted to "never" having bothered to clean the interior. When asked to identify a cleaning strategy, 18 percent of the females surveyed claimed to either leave the chore to the "professionals or [their] partners, fathers or other party," presumably anyone willing to pick up some glass cleaner and a vacuum.