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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.


Business

FMCSA Defends E-Log Rule From OOIDA Legal Challenge

In a brief filed with a federal appeals court, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration defended a legal challenge to the agency’s electronic logging device rule by the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association.

June 27, 2016
Business

FMC Backs SOLAS Terminal Weighing Plan

The trade association representing 19 ocean carriers and the Federal Maritime Commission have announced their support for using marine terminal scales to determine the verified gross mass of containers when an international shipping rule goes into effect July 1.

June 27, 2016
Government

Trucking Wary of ‘Beyond Compliance’

The trucking industry generally supports the idea of a Beyond Compliance program that would give extra credit to motor carriers that improve safety programs or deploy safety technologies before they are required by regulation, but the process is still not without suspicion.

June 27, 2016
Government

FMCSA Issues Rule Increasing Most Motor Carrier Civil Penalties

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued an interim final rule increasing — and in some cases decreasing — its motor carrier civil penalties for violations of federal regulations.

June 24, 2016
GovernmentBusinessSafety

Public Comment Period on Safety Fitness Determination Proposed Rule Ends on June 23

Public comments on FMCSA’s Safety Fitness Determination proposed rule were scheduled to end at the close of business on June 23.

June 23, 2016
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipment

FMCSA Defends ELD Rule in Appeals Court Filing

In a brief filed with a federal appeals court, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration defended a legal challenge to the agency’s electronic logging device rule by the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association.

June 20, 2016
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety

Collision Avoidance Systems Succeed in NHTSA Field Test

A yearlong federal field test of 150 Class 8 tractor­-trailers equipped with collision avoidance systems had no rear-­end crashes, a new National Highway Traffic Safety Administration study revealed.

June 20, 2016
Government

FMCSA Panel Starts Review to Simplify Rules’ Language

A Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration advisory committee last week began a comprehensive review of the agency’s plain language “guidance documents,” aimed at helping carriers, drivers and inspectors interpret the 700 regulations that govern the industry.

June 20, 2016
Government

DOT to Audit Driver Cargo Loading, Unloading Delays

The Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General has begun a congressionally mandated audit to assess available data on motor carrier delays in loading and unloading.

June 17, 2016
GovernmentBusiness

Zero Rear-End Crashes in CAS Field Test, NHTSA Says

A yearlong federal field operational test of 150 Class 8 tractor-trailers equipped with collision avoidance systems had no rear-end crashes, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

June 15, 2016