To have told DH off for driving while wearing his work lanyard

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this was yesterday! We have it drilled into us where I work that we should not wear our lanyards while driving as it’s dangerous, especially if you crash and the airbag is activated. DH says I’m “overreacting” and says his work don’t tell him anything like this. Aibu to have told him off and made him take the lanyard off?

Imagine if the roles were reversed! DH tells DW...in the same manner as above.

You are controlling & bossy!

Even in the first link you posted the article states this

This type of accident is fortunately unlikely, however staff, officers and volunteers should be aware of the hazard and how to avoid it

Focus on real issues

Jesus Christ how do you people get through the day? Do you have bubble wrap knickers as well?

He's not a child. If he wants to drive with his lanyard on it's his problem not yours. It's not like he's doing something extremely dangerous. Is your perception of risk generally a bit out of proportion?!

Yes. Would have pissed me off.

He's not 3.

I'm not sure how a lanyard would be any more risk of internal bleeding than the buttons on a shirt, which millions of people drive wearing every day. The plastic is around the same thickness?

You need to remember too that that same lanyard could slow a sniper’s bullet, or be used as a tourniquet to stem blood loss, so the risks probably even out.

Death by lanyard 🤣

I've just asked my paramedic DH and he feels if you've been in a collision that has deployed your air bag to such a degree, that your lanyard has caused internal bleeding -it is probably the least of your worries.

If you'd said the same to me I'd be very likely to wear my lanyard more often and more visibly when driving. I don't like being told what to do.

😂

A&E must be full of people who have lanyard accidents. That’s what comes from living life on the edge.

This thread reminds me of a friend who does not let anyone drink out of cans in case a wasp has flown in.

One of those links is a FOAF type filler report, the other cites a second hand report of one case with no details.

Is there any actual data on this? Actual data which gives an idea of the risk, the types of lanyard involved (not all are the same) etc?

Not everything doing the rounds on FB is a credible risk but plenty of nonsense is exaggerated for clicks.

I agree with you, OP.

www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/wearing-lanyard-driving-bad-idea-2667186

Were you looking for an excuse to have a go at him? Maybe he forgot to take it off

YABU for telling him off, how ridiculous. He's a grown up who made his own risk assessment.

nursingnotes.co.uk/news/police-warn-staff-to-remove-dangerous-lanyards-when-driving/ this is what we were warned about a few years ago. Seems quite unlikely though and would have probably mentioned it in passing to DH and left it there

To have a conversation with him about something you'd learned in H&S briefing? Not unreasonable

To try to control what he does with his lanyard? Unreasonable.

Charming! 🙄

OP: AIBU?
Everyone else: yes you are!
OP: no I'm not! Stamps foot and tries to rewrite original post

Never heard of this.

It sound alike you were just looking for any reason to have an argument to be honest. I wouldn't want to be in a relationship where my partner felt the need to nitpick to that extent its bordering on abusive controlling behaviour.

Had anyone actually ever died as a direct result of a lanyard causing them internal injuries I would imagine it might be a contributing factor to more injuries but I find it highly unlikely to be the difference between living and dying in a crash.

Telling other adults off is such a disrespectful thing to do.

Does he give you a telling off when you do something he thinks you shouldn't?

I can't imagine my spouse telling me off. I would work on the relationship and worry less about trying to control his adult decisions.

YES but in Imperial war museum there is a bible with a bullet halfway in, the bible in the soldiers breast pocket stopped a bullet to his heart in WWI
also not removing your puffa duvet style coat before driving increases your risk
some things in life are tiny increased risks but so statisitically insignificant as to be not worth worrying about
The OP's DH would be statistically safer going to work by public transport however inconvienient but sometimes we choose a marginally riskier option for convienence or to mitigate a different risk