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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

FMCSA Proposes to Accept Modifications to Carrier, Driver Violations

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on June 3 announced proposed changes to its inspection data system that will accept modifications to motor carrier or driver citations and violations that a court has dismissed or issued a finding of not guilty.

June 3, 2014
Government, Business, Fuel

Calif. Approves Plan for Trucks to be Electric Powered by 2050

California environmental regulators have approved an update to the state’s long-term greenhouse-gas emissions plan that calls on the trucking industry to transition from diesel to mostly electric and hydrogen-powered vehicles by 2050.

May 27, 2014
Government, Business

FMCSA Extends ELD Proposed Rule to June 26

FMCSA is extending by 30 days the public comment period for its supplemental  proposed rule requiring interstate carriers to install electronic logging devices on all trucks.

May 16, 2014
Government, Business

FMCSA Proposes Driver Coercion Rule

Federal regulators issued a proposed rule May 13 that would prohibit motor carriers, shippers, receivers or transportation intermediaries from coercing drivers to violate hours-of-service limits, drug and alcohol testing or hazardous materials rules, and other regulations that could jeopardize safety.

May 13, 2014
Government, Business

Printouts of Onboard Recording Device Records Not Required, FMCSA Says

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued regulatory guidance clarifying that commercial motor vehicles equipped with automatic onboard recording devices do not need to supply print outs of their hours records to inspectors.

May 13, 2014
Government, Business

ELDs Significantly Reduce Crashes, FMCSA Study Says

A Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration study released May 12 concludes that longhaul trucks with electronic logging devices had significantly lower crash rates than those without them.

May 12, 2014
Government, Business

Truck Size, Weight Study on Schedule

Federal government and university researchers said they are on schedule to complete a congressionally mandated truck size and weight study by mid-November.

May 7, 2014
Government

‘Prohibition of Coercion’ Proposed Rule Clears OMB

A proposed rule that would prohibit carriers, shippers and brokers from coercing truck drivers to violate safety regulations has cleared a review by the White House Office of Management and Budget.

May 6, 2014
Government

EPA to Issue $9 Million for DERA Projects

The Environmental Protection Agency has announced the availability of $9 million in grant funding for projects designed to reduce pollution and emissions exposure from the nation’s fleet of diesel engines.

May 6, 2014
Government, Business, Safety

FMCSA Crash-Fault Study Due Soon

A long-awaited Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration study looking at how federal regulators can assess fault for truck crashes on motor carrier Compliance, Safety, Accountability records has been completed, along with a peer review, and is expected to be released soon, a top agency official said.

May 1, 2014