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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.


GovernmentSafety

Estimated Roadway Fatalities Up 18.4% for First Half of 2021

An estimated 20,160 people died in motor vehicle crashes on U.S. roadways in the first half of 2021, up 18.4% over 2020, according to an “early estimates” report released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

October 29, 2021
GovernmentBusinessEquipmentSafety

Navistar Agrees to Pay $52 Million Civil Penalty for Sale of Certain 2010 Engines

Navistar Inc. has agreed to a civil settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice under which the manufacturer will pay a $52 million penalty but admit no wrongdoing in connection with the sale of 7,749 heavy-duty diesel engines in 2010 that the government alleged were sold in violation of the Clean Air Act.

October 29, 2021
GovernmentBusiness

Trucking School Executive Sentenced in $4 Million Fraud Scheme

A California trucking school executive has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for his role in a fraud scheme to siphon off more than $4 million in veterans GI Bill funding to pay students who never attended classes.

October 28, 2021
Business

Harold Sumerford Jr. Tirelessly Advocates for Industry

For much of Harold Sumerford Jr.’s adult life, he has risen at 4:30 each morning and worked 11 hours a day, six days a week. But it’s never felt like the daily grind for American Trucking Associations' new chairman.

October 27, 2021
GovernmentBusinessLogistics

Maine Turnpike Authority Increases Toll Rates

In an effort to avert a large shortfall due to the COVID-19 pandemic, trucks and cars traveling the Maine Turnpike will pay a little bit more in tolls.

October 26, 2021
GovernmentBusinessTechnologySafety

IG Audit: FMCSA Systems Vulnerable to Hacking, Malware

A new Department of Transportation Inspector General audit concludes that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s information technology infrastructure is fraught with security weaknesses that are at risk for compromise by hackers and the placement of malware.

October 26, 2021
EquipmentSafety

Inspectors Park More Than 5,600 CMVs During Brake Safety Week

Commercial motor vehicle inspectors in Canada, Mexico and the U.S. conducted 35,764 inspections during Brake Safety Week, placing 12% of the vehicles inspected out of service due to critical brake-related conditions.

October 25, 2021
GovernmentBusinessSafety

ATA Warns Vaccine Mandate Could Worsen Supply Chain Troubles

American Trucking Associations has sent a letter to the Biden administration expressing “grave concern” over the potential damage that the president’s plans for a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for many businesses — including trucking companies — could cause for the country.

October 21, 2021
TechnologyEquipmentSafety

ATRI Conducts Second Survey on Tech Adoption Rate

The American Transportation Research Institute has begun a survey of motor carriers and truck drivers to assess the state of adoption of truck safety technologies.

October 21, 2021
GovernmentBusinessSafety

28th Conspirator Convicted in Staged Accidents With Trucks

A New Orleans woman has pleaded guilty for her role in a conspiracy to commit mail fraud in connection with a 2017 staged accident with a tractor-trailer.

October 12, 2021