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Eric Miller

Senior Reporter

Eric Miller has been a reporter and writer at publications nationwide for 40 years. Hes been at Transport Topics the past 11 years, currently on the papers 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, Business, Equipment, Safety

Concrete Group Seeks 14-Hour Workday

The American Concrete Pumping Association is asking federal regulators to extend allowable work hours in a day for shorthaul drivers from 12 to 14.

June 20, 2018
Government, Business, Technology, Safety

FMCSA Announces Three-Year Delay of Rule to Eliminate Need for Truck Drivers to Carry Their Medical Cards

Federal trucking regulators have issued a final rule that will delay for three years a streamlined process to eliminate the need for truck drivers to carry their medical certification cards.

June 18, 2018
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety, Fuel

EPA Advisory Board to Review Science Behind the Agencys Glider Truck Rule Repeal Proposal

An Environmental Protection Agency advisory board is reviewing the quality and relevance of scientific and technical information used to justify repealing an Obama administration regulation that limits the production of glider trucks.

June 14, 2018
Government, Business, Safety

DOT Debuts Contest to Develop Innovative Ways to Analyze Crash Data

Concerned about a rise in highway fatalities in recent years, the U.S. Department of Transportation is launching a contest for cash prizes with the goal of finding innovative analytical visualization tools that will reveal insights into serious crashes and improve understanding of transportation safety.

June 14, 2018
Government, Business, Safety

OSHA Conducts First of Several Hearings on Whistleblower Protections

Officials with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration had scheduled a two-hour public hearing June 12 for trucking and rail industry stakeholders to disclose issues facing the agencys whistleblower protection program but the hearing only lasted an hour.

June 14, 2018
Business, Safety

Scopelitis Attorneys: Class-Action Lawsuits More About Unhappy Drivers Than Wage, Hour Disputes

Class-action lawsuits are like the plague. Every business owner hopes they pass by their companys door, Angela Cash, an attorney with Scopelitis, Garvin, Light, Hanson & Feary, said at the 2018 Scopelitis Law Seminar.

June 8, 2018
Business, Safety

Carriers Should Be Involved in Drivers Decisions in Bad Weather, Attorneys Say

INDIANAPOLIS While the truck driver is by regulation the person to decide when to slow down or pull off to the side of the road in bad weather, it still is a good idea for motor carriers to assist drivers in making those decisions.

June 7, 2018
Government, Business, Technology, Safety

White House Reduces Trucking Rules, but Doesn't Ease Enforcement, Attorneys Say

INDIANAPOLIS 簫簫 The deregulatory nature of the Trump administration threatens delay or elimination of several Obama-era trucking-related regulations, but those that remain on the books will continue to be aggressively enforced, panelists said at a law seminar here.

June 6, 2018
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety

ATAs Chris Spear Cautions Against Further ELD Exemptions

INDIANAPOLIS The head of American Trucking Associations warned during a legal seminar here that further exemptions from Congress to electronic logging requirements for agricultural haulers could threaten safety on the nations roads.

June 5, 2018
Business, Equipment, Safety

This Years Roadcheck to Focus on HOS Compliance

This years International Roadcheck will take place from June 5-7, with a focus on hours of service.

June 4, 2018