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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

CSA Needs to Be Aligned With Safety Risks That Cause Accidents, Report Says

A report by an independent review team that examined the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s enforcement practices concluded that the agency’s Compliance, Safety, Accountability program needs to be better aligned with the safety risks that cause crashes.

June 30, 2015
Government

FMCSA Announces Changes to CSA Program

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on June 29 announced plans to make several changes to the Compliance, Safety, Accountability program intended to more closely align intervention thresholds of its safety rating categories to crash risk.

June 29, 2015
Government

Trucking Industry Expresses Support For FMCSA Plan to Reward Safety Steps

Trucking groups and industry suppliers expressed support for a plan that would give motor carriers extra credit for instituting safety measures ahead of regulatory mandates but  did not agree on all of the details.

June 29, 2015
Fuel

GHG Rule Estimated to Cost $25 Billion but Offers $170 Billion in Savings

Federal regulators said their proposed Phase 2 greenhouse-gas emissions rule for trucks will cost the industry around $25 billion upfront but will produce a stream of savings worth $170 billion to truck owners, who after 2021 will need to buy less diesel fuel.

June 29, 2015
GovernmentBusinessSafety

FMCSA Issues Changes to Hazmat Carrier Oversight Policy

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration officials said they will soon begin toughening oversight of the nation’s hazardous material carriers, closely monitoring their Compliance, Safety, Accountability scores on a monthly basis.

June 26, 2015
GovernmentBusiness

Radioactive Material Drivers Granted Rest Break Exemption

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has granted the U.S. Department of Energy an exemption allowing its drivers who haul security-sensitive radioactive material to forgo an hours of service 30-minute rest break requirement.

June 23, 2015
BusinessSafety

Hair Tests for Drug Use Poised for Endorsement

ROCKVILLE, Md. — An advisory board appears on track to issue a recommendation this summer that hair specimens be approved for pre­employment drug screening of truck drivers and other safety-sensitive federal workers.

June 22, 2015
Business

ATA, NASTC File Opposition to Hours-Based Training Plan

American Trucking Associations and the National Association of Small Trucking Companies have sent letters to the head of an entry-level driver training advisory committee, opposing the recommendation of an hours-based behind-the-wheel instruction rule.

June 22, 2015
Government

FMCSA Official Says Agency on Track to Finalize, Propose Many Key Rules

Federal regulators have a busy rulemaking schedule for the remainder of 2015 and into next year as they attempt to complete several significant proposed and final mandates.

June 22, 2015
GovernmentBusiness

FMCSA Grants Meal-Break Exemption to Oversize, Overweight and Bee Haulers

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has granted bee haulers and specialized carriers and drivers carrying oversize and overweight vehicles two-year exemptions from the agency’s 30-minute rest-break mandate.

June 18, 2015