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

[Sequinanddiamonds]

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?

I can’t stop laughing.

On a more serious note, if they’re so dangerous, are schools and colleges telling the students?

Our NHS trust did. We were advised not to drive wearing them due to risk if airbag goes off ages ago

What about wearing something with big hard buttons or wearing jewellery? Maybe we should all be driving naked.

Seriously though he is a grown man, you aren't his mother so shouldn't be telling him off and making him do anything. Share the information and then it is up to him.

www.driving.co.uk/news/lanyard-wearers-risk-airbag-inflicted-injuries-police-warn/

it is a particular risk if you have keys attached to your lanyard. It’s not the risk of strangulation from a lanyard, it is the risk that the force of the airbag will cause objects to penetrate your chest

Like most PP, I have never heard of this. It sounds like an easy thing to forget, or be unaware of in the first place, so on that basis, YABU.

I wear pieces of steel and glass on my face right next to my eyes when driving, oh no the airbag !

put your clipboard down, humans take risks and nothing is risk free

Yes we were @CheezePleeze , my role was just a temp 12 week contract in NHS admin but I definitely got this memo!

(On my first day)

(But I still thought it was odd)

@Sequinanddiamonds thanks for posting this. I had never thought about it. I drive with my lanyard on with id, keys attached and a selection of pin badges. Never considered the implications of crashing whilst wearing it. I'll take it off from now on, just in case.

I'm sure the risk is fairly low, but might as well take it off as I don't actually need to be wearing it while driving.

It’s so minor though. Less chance of permanent or disabling injury than driving while wearing glasses. I think YABU.

Mentioning it to him is one thing, but there's no need to nag him. He's an adult, let him do what he wants.

You are correct on the info. The risk is from impact not strangulation, and exacerbated as people add other items to the pass
holder like keys. www.britsafe.org/publications/safety-management-magazine/safety-management-magazine/2019/when-lanyards-can-injure-what-every-employer-should-know/

A chunky, long necklace may have the same effect. That doesn’t cancel out the lanyard/pass issue it means you probably shouldn’t wear that either whilst driving. Buttons are much smaller and would be less of a risk I imagine, and a harder problem to resolve, whilst putting a lanyard in a cubby is pretty easy.

You should also put all bags in the boot of the car and have nothing loose in the car (children, dogs etc) as if you brake suddenly they will travel quite fast potentially into the back of your head.

But I don't do that either.

I did tell him off a little but not like i would if he was a baby or child

you shouldn't have "told him off" at all.

you just give him the information and let him make his own choices like an adult.

The plastic bit on mine sits nowhere near my chest, it's more on my lap! I wear mine when driving as I need to use the card to get in and out of the gate.

If my husband started nagging me not to I'm a petty fucker so would probably wear two just to piss him off!

I never wear a big plastic hair clip to hold up my hair when driving just in case during an accident it could cause damage to my head but that's my thought, nothing I've read.

My sister took the piss out of me when I told her I always take the key out of the door just in case my DP needed CPR and I would have to stop to let Paramedics in when they could use the key in the key safe box to gain access.

I can't help being the sensible one.

This is news to me and I appreciate you telling me. I wouldn’t appreciate being told off mind you.

As a short woman, car safety systems aren't designed with me in mind.

I wear necklaces when driving - should I stop?

I don't wear my coat coz it's a puffer type.

I also secure the cat's basket with a seatbelt when I have to drive him to the vets.

Driving is the biggest risk most of us face daily and this is one of the things you can do to improve your chances a bit if you do crash. We certainly tell our workforce about it. It doesn't reduce the risk much but also isn't much effort. So you are not unreasonable to mention it to him but to tell off or nag you are unreasonable.

@Rainsdropskeepfalling you are correct. Here’s a build - if you have heavy items in the boot and NO passenger in the rear, securing the back seat belts reduces the chance of items bursting through the boot in the event of a crash. I got shown the crash test dummy recording of this happening. Likely? No. But
the preventative measure is pretty simple.

🤣🤣 this one had me laugh out loud! Another was 'death by lanyard'! This thread in general is really what I needed today keep the comedic anwsers flowing they are really cheering me up on what otherwise was a really crap day!

I always drive with my lanyard on. Tbf though, if I did crash the airbag will probably cause me to impale myself on the sets of keys I have on the lanyard. 😂

Would this airbag risk also apply to people ...
wearing any sort of broach?
With a water bottle between their legs
With a large belt buckle?
With a pen in their breast pocket?

Thanks Op I take mine off and remind my employees to do the same, it only takes seconds.

And also seconds to for keys or the pass attached to the lanyard to cause injure at high speed causing significant bruising or lacerations. The key or pass can also be compressed into the wearer’s body by an airbag; this has recently been known to result in a victim suffering a punctured lung.

But hey the smart people on MN know better 🙄