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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, Business

Highway Fatalities Jumped 7.2% Last Year, DOT Says

U.S. highway fatalities in 2015 jumped 7.2% to 35,092, an increase of 2,348 deaths from 2014, the U.S. Department of Transportation reported Aug. 29.

August 29, 2016
Government, Safety, Business

Advisers Offer Sleep Apnea Guidelines as FMCSA Considers Health Proposal

Top medical advisers to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration have recommended a slate of sleep apnea guidelines that would require truck drivers to participate in costly diagnostic sleep studies if they have a body mass index of 40 or higher, experienced excessive fatigue or sleepiness while driving or have been in a sleep-related accident.

August 29, 2016
Business

Pilot Program Allows Vets Ages 18-21 to Work as Interstate Drivers

Federal trucking regulators have announced plans to conduct a three-year pilot project to allow truckers between the ages of 18 and 21 with military truck driving experience to operate in interstate commerce.

August 29, 2016
Government, Business

US Proposes Mandatory Speed Limiter Devices

The federal government is proposing that heavy-duty vehicles be equipped with devices that limit their speeds on U.S. roadways but said the limiters will not be required to be tamper-proof.

August 26, 2016
Government, Safety, Business

FMCSA Medical Review Board Issues Sleep Apnea Guidelines

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s top medical advisers have recommended a slate of sleep apnea guidelines that would require truck drivers to take costly diagnostic sleep studies if they have a body mass index of 40 or higher, have experienced excessive fatigue or sleepiness while driving, or have been in a sleep-related crash.

August 24, 2016
Government, Safety

FMCSA Medical Review Board to Offer Recommendations for Sleep Apnea Rule

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s top medical advisers on Aug. 22 began a two-day review of obstructive sleep apnea diagnosis and treatment issues to offer their final recommendations for apnea regulatory requirements.

August 22, 2016
Business

Wal-Mart’s White Captures National Truck Driving Championship

INDIANAPOLIS — At a practice session about a week before veteran Wal-Mart Transportation driver Charles “Mike” White hopped into a 3-axle truck to negotiate the nerve-wracking National Truck Driving Championships “skills” course, fellow company driver and last year’s grand champ Ronald Emenheiser Sr. made a prediction.

August 22, 2016
Government, Business

FMCSA Allows Some Teen Truck Drivers to Cross State Lines in Pilot Program

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Aug. 19 announced a proposal to conduct a three-year pilot project to allow truck drivers between the ages of 18 and 21 with military heavy truck driving experience to operate in commerce between states.

August 19, 2016
Government

Heavy Truck Speed Limiter Rule Clears OMB

A joint proposed rule to limit the top speed of heavy trucks has cleared a review by the White House Office of Management and Budget.

August 16, 2016
Business

NTDC 2016: Indiana Wal-Mart Driver Charles 'Mike' White Named Bendix Grand Champion

INDIANAPOLIS — Charles "Mike" White, a Wal-Mart Transportation professional driver from nearby Nineveh, Indiana, was named Bendix Grand Champion of the 2016 National Truck Driving Championships and National Step Van Driving Championships on Aug. 13.

August 15, 2016