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Lansing, MI – Michigan’s state-run occupational safety and health program should revise or eliminate rules that exceed federal OSHA requirements, the Michigan Office of Regulatory Reinvention suggested in a report released March 12.

Berkeley, CA – Fatalities associated with handheld cell phone use declined nearly 50 percent and traffic deaths overall declined 22 percent in the two years following a July 2008 handheld cell phone ban in California, according to a new study released March 2 by the Safe Transportation Research and Education Center at the University of California, Berkeley.

Washington – The International Brotherhood of Teamsters on March 7 filed counterarguments with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit against the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

Amherst, MA – Older drivers, including those older than 70, can change unsafe driving habits through information and intervention, according to a study from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Washington – The Air Line Pilots Association, International on March 6 released a statement on a National Sleep Foundation workplace sleep poll that found 11 percent of airline pilots surveyed admitted to working while feeling sleepy.

Washington – Speeding was a factor in approximately one-third of all traffic deaths on U.S. roadways during the past 25 years, according to a report released by the Governors Highway Safety Association.

Chapel Hill, NC – Women older than 50 who consume foods high in trans fat may face a higher risk of stroke than women with a healthier diet, but aspirin use could lower that risk, according to a study published online in the journal Annals of Neurology.

The HEARTS Network invites its survivor advocates to share their personal stories surrounding crashes involving teen drivers.

Daylight-saving time begins March 11 at 2:00 a.m.

Washington – Nearly 11 percent of transportation workers go to work sleepy, compared with 7 percent of the general population, according to a new National Sleep Foundation survey.