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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.


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FMCSA Seeks Comments on Vehicle Maintenance Practices

Federal trucking regulators have issued a request for comments on the role that vehicle maintenance plays in motor carrier safety. The responses will be included in research that will use online surveys to obtain data to address the study’s objectives.

December 4, 2018
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyFuel

Have EPA, CARB Reached Détente Over Emission Policy?

Almost since Donald Trump moved into the White House, the Environmental Protection Agency and California Air Resources Board have been in a political war over the direction of U.S. environmental policy. Can there be a thaw in the works now that EPA has announced plans to begin an “environmental review” to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions for heavy trucks?

November 29, 2018
GovernmentBusinessSafety

Narcoleptic Truck Driver Seeks Exemption to Get Behind the Wheel

An Illinois truck driver has filed a rare exemption request with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration that he be allowed to drive a heavy truck in interstate commerce despite his medical condition that regulators say likely could cause a loss of consciousness or an inability to control a commercial vehicle.

November 28, 2018
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyAutonomous

Deborah Hersman to Leave National Safety Council for Safety Post at Waymo

Deborah Hersman is leaving her post as National Safety Council CEO to become chief safety officer at Waymo, a self-driving technology development company based in Mountain View, Calif.

November 27, 2018
GovernmentBusiness

FMCSA Rule Eliminating Exemptions for Diabetic Drivers Takes Effect

After years in limbo, a final rule became effective in November allowing medical examiners — in consultation with a truck driver’s treating clinician — to decide whether an insulin-treated diabetic driver is qualified to get behind the wheel.

November 27, 2018
GovernmentBusinessSafety

Safer Solutions Sought for Hazmat Drivers Traveling Colorado’s Treacherous Loveland Pass

With its 180-degree bends, 7% grades, dangerous drop-offs and strong wind gusts, the hazardous material truck drivers hauling heavy petroleum loads who make the 9.5-mile journey though Colorado’s Loveland Pass call the drive a “white-knuckle experience.”

November 20, 2018
GovernmentBusinessSafety

Most States Don't Experience CDL Skills Test Delays, FMCSA Survey Shows

The large majority of states are experiencing few delays in scheduling entry-level truck drivers for their skills tests, according to a new congressionally mandated survey conducted by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

November 19, 2018
GovernmentBusinessSafety

California Approves a 15-hour Minimum Driver Training Requirement for CDLs

California legislators have passed a bill requiring that entry-level truck drivers spend at least 15 hours in training behind the wheel to be eligible for a commercial driver license.

November 15, 2018
GovernmentBusinessSafety

CVSA Files 'Friend of the Court' Brief in Chameleon Carrier Case

The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance has filed a “friend of the court” brief with the Indiana Supreme Court in a “chameleon carrier” case in which an insurance broker is accused of helping the carrier illegally change its name to escape its bad safety record.

November 15, 2018
GovernmentBusinessTechnology

EPA Plans to Review Nitrogen Oxide Emissions Standard for Heavy Trucks

WASHINGTON — U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials announced Nov. 13 they have begun an environmental review to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions from heavy-duty truck engines.

November 13, 2018