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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.


BusinessFuel

Judge Clears Pilot’s $84.9 Mln. Rebate-Fraud Settlement

A federal judge in Arkansas on Nov. 25 approved an $84.9 million settlement calling for Pilot Flying J to reimburse an estimated 5,500 customers who have alleged that the truck-stop chain shortchanged them on diesel fuel rebates dating to 2005.

November 25, 2013
Business

Pilot Seeks Court Approval of $72 Mln. Rebate-Fraud Settlement

Attorneys representing Pilot Flying J and an estimated class of 5,500 truckers alleged to have been fraudulently shortchanged diesel fuel rebates will return to federal court in Little Rock, Ark., on Nov. 25, seeking final approval of a $72 million class-action settlement.

November 22, 2013
BusinessFuel

Nat-Gas Vehicle Industry Sets Sights on Long-Haul Trucking

ATLANTA – Natural-gas vehicle leaders meeting here Nov. 19 said that after making strides in fueling the “return-to-base” trucking market, they would next need to turn their attention to the over-the-road heavy-duty trucking segment.

November 19, 2013
GovernmentBusiness

N.Y. Improperly Spending Toll Revenue, ATA Says in Lawsuit

Officials with the New York State Thruway, a major artery for commercial trucking, are improperly spending millions of dollars in toll revenues annually on the state’s mostly recreational canal system, according to a federal class-action lawsuit filed Nov. 14 by American Trucking Associations.

November 14, 2013
Business

Out-of-Service Rate for Brake Violations Lowest in More Than 15 Years

The out-of-service rate for brake-related violations dropped to 13.5%  from 15.3% last year, the lowest rate of OOS brake violations in more than 15 years, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance announced last week.

November 7, 2013
GovernmentBusiness

OOIDA Asks Supreme Court to Review Decision on Cross-Border Trucking Program

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review an appeals court decision upholding the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s authority to operate a cross-border pilot program allowing Mexican drivers to operate throughout the United States.

November 7, 2013
Government

Enhanced CSA Website Goes Live

A preview of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s enhancements to the Compliance, Safety, Accountability program public website went live Nov. 4.

November 4, 2013
GovernmentBusiness

Congressmen Want to Suspend HOS Restart Changes

A bipartisan trio of House members have introduced a bill to delay the latest changes to the 34-hour restart provision of the hours-of-service rule for truck drivers until a study of the changes is completed.

October 31, 2013
GovernmentBusiness

Feds Defend ‘Conflict Mineral’ Disclosure Rule in Court

The Securities and Exchange Commission took “numerous steps” to lessen the burdens imposed by a rule requiring that public companies search out and shed their supply chains of “conflict minerals,” according to an appeals court brief filed by SEC attorneys.

October 29, 2013
GovernmentBusiness

FMCSA Formally Exempts Shorthaul, Munitions Drivers from Rest-Breaks Requirement

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has formally amended its 2011 hours of service rule to exempt shorthaul and munitions drivers from taking a 30-minute rest break after eight hours of driving.

October 29, 2013