When getting ready for work in the morning, sticking your work pass around your neck so you don't forget it may be the norm.
Or even after leaving at the end of a long day, you just want to jump in the car and get back home.
But police have now issued a warning on why you shouldn't wear a lanyard when driving to and from work after a number of traffic accidents in which drivers sustained serious injuries because of them.
In a post on the Dorset Police Volunteers Facebook page, the warning also included examples of horrific injuries motorists have received.
One driver suffering a collapsed lung after the airbags inflated on impact of the crash causing the lanyard and pass to be pushed into the driver's chest and another driver suffered a perforated bowel as the impact of the airbag forced the keys on her work lanyard to hit into her stomach.
Dorset Police Volunteers said: "There have been a couple of serious traffic accidents of note where the wearing of identity lanyards around the drivers' necks has exacerbated the severity of the injuries sustained.
"This type of accidents if fortunately unlikely, however staff, officers and volunteers should be aware of the hazard and how to avoid it."
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They then go on to advise motorists that they should remove their lanyards or staff passes when leaving the office for both safety and security reasons and more importantly, to remove them whilst driving.
It also says to, where possible, use breakaway lanyards that will unclip themselves if caught or stuck.
At the time of writing, the message has been shared more than 13,000 times.
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