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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

Independent Review of DOT Size and Weight Study Backs Original Researchers

An independent scientific review of the Department of Transportation’s truck size-and-weight study largely agreed with original researchers that weaknesses in some of their research models and data hampered meaningful conclusions.

October 8, 2015
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Autonomous

FMCSA Says Report Supports CSA

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Oct. 8 released a report that the agency said confirms data used in the Compliance, Safety, Accountability’s safety measurement system is able to identify truck and bus companies involved in 90% of the more than 100,000 crashes each year.

October 8, 2015
Government, Business

NHTSA Extends Comment Period on Straight Truck Rear Guards

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has reopened the public comment period for a proposed rule that would toughen standards for rear impact guards and reflective material on the rear and sides of straight trucks.

October 5, 2015
Business

FMCSA Aims to Improve Driver Health Without Issuing Additional Regulations

Members of two federal advisory committees are considering nonregulatory ways the private medical sector can help commercial vehicle drivers improve their health.

October 5, 2015
Business

Out-of-Service Rates Drop to New Lows at Roadcheck

Out-of-service rates for commercial vehicles and drivers dropped to record lows for inspections conducted during Roadcheck 2015, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance announced last week.    

October 5, 2015
Government, Business, Safety

Driver Restart Data Collection Concluded, FMCSA Says

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced Oct. 1 that it has concluded the five-month, data-collection phase of the agency’s study evaluating the effects the hours-of-service restart provision is having on drivers.

October 1, 2015
Government

FMCSA Revises Guidance on AOBRD Driver Edits

Federal regulators announced they are issuing revised guidance allowing drivers using automated onboard recording devices to edit and correct most mistakes on the devices that have been in use since the mid-1980s.

October 1, 2015
Business

Roadcheck Out-of-Service Rate Declines to Historic Low, CVSA Says

Out-of-service rates for both trucks and buses and drivers dropped to historic lows for inspections conducted during Roadcheck 2015, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance announced Sept. 29.

September 29, 2015
Government, Business, Safety

AASHTO Appoints Iowa DOT Director Trombino President

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials board of directors on Sept. 28 elected Iowa Department of Transportation Director Paul Trombino III association president.

September 29, 2015
Government, Business

New ATRI Study to Analyze Impact of Nonpreventable Crashes on CSA Scores

The American Transportation Research Institute is nearing completion of research that will support claims by many motor carriers that eliminating nonpreventable crashes from their safety profiles would significantly improve their Compliance, Safety Accountability crash scores, according to a top ATRI researcher.

September 28, 2015