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Eric Miller

Senior Reporter

Eric Miller has been a reporter and writer at publications nationwide for 40 years. He’s been at Transport Topics the past 11 years, currently on the paper’s government team; worked as a reporter at the Dallas Morning News; reporter, editor and member of the investigative team at The Arizona Republic; reporter at the Tampa Tribune; city editor at the Santa Fe New Mexican; and senior writer for D Magazine in Dallas.


Government

Classified Information: Unnamed Carriers to Play Role in Presidential Transition

Efforts of the transition teams to ensure the government continues without a major glitch when President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January have dominated news reports, but whenever there is an entrance, there also is an exit.

November 21, 2016
Government

Out-of-Service Rates Inch Up in CVSA’s Brake Week Blitz

Commercial motor vehicle officers reported that 13.2% of trucks and buses examined were placed out of service for brake violations during a weeklong law-enforcement operation, compared with OOS rates of 12.3% last year and 16.2% in 2014.

November 21, 2016
Government

Entry-Level Driver Training Final Rule Clears White House

The White House Office of Management and Budget on Nov. 15 completed its review of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s final rule on entry-level driver training, the final stage before being published in the Federal Register.

November 17, 2016
BusinessSafety

J.B. Hunt, EEOC Settle Religious Accommodation Case

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. has agreed to pay four Sikh employment applicants a total of $260,000 in a settlement to end a complaint that they were denied a religious accommodation during the hiring process.

November 16, 2016
GovernmentBusiness

OOIDA Asks Appeals Court to Vacate Medical Examiners Certification Rule

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association has asked an appeals court to throw out a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration final rule on medical examiners' certification integration that failed to include guidelines for examiners to diagnose whether truck drivers have obstructive sleep apnea.

November 15, 2016
BusinessEquipment

13.2% of Brake Week Inspections Result in Out-Of-Service Orders

Commercial motor vehicle officers reported 13.2% of inspections resulted in out-of-service orders for brake violations during a weeklong brake enforcement operation, compared with 12.3% last year and 16.2% in 2014.

November 14, 2016
BusinessSafety

Hair Testing Concerns Linger; Experts Urge More Research

Scientific and technical experts on drug testing hair concluded that additional research is needed before regulators adopt a federal standard for commercial vehicle drivers, according to a group report.

November 7, 2016
GovernmentBusiness

NHTSA to Hold Listening Session on Automated Vehicles

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announced it will hold a public listening session Nov. 10 for comment on the recently released guidelines for the testing and deployment of highly automated vehicles.

November 4, 2016
Government

FMCSA Panels Give Approval for Driver Health Measures

WASHINGTON — A pair of commercial driver health-related measures won approval from Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration advisory panels last week.

October 31, 2016
Government

GAO Study Chides FMCSA for Lacking Measures to Monitor CSA Intervention Progress

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has taken action to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of Compliance, Safety, Accountability program interventions for high risk carriers, but lacks measures to monitor progress, according to a new Government Accountability Office study.

October 28, 2016