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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.


Business

ATA, NASTC File Opposition to Hours-Based Training Plan

American Trucking Associations and the National Association of Small Trucking Companies have sent letters to the head of an entry-level driver training advisory committee, opposing the recommendation of an hours-based behind-the-wheel instruction rule.

June 22, 2015
Government

FMCSA Official Says Agency on Track to Finalize, Propose Many Key Rules

Federal regulators have a busy rulemaking schedule for the remainder of 2015 and into next year as they attempt to complete several significant proposed and final mandates.

June 22, 2015
Government, Business

FMCSA Grants Meal-Break Exemption to Oversize, Overweight and Bee Haulers

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has granted bee haulers and specialized carriers and drivers carrying oversize and overweight vehicles two-year exemptions from the agency’s 30-minute rest-break mandate.

June 18, 2015
Government

FMCSA Proposes Rule Mandating Display of CMV Safety Labels

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on June 17 issued a proposed rule that would require all U.S.-domiciled motor carriers engaged in interstate commerce to use only commercial motor vehicles that display a certification label indicating the vehicles satisfy Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards.

June 17, 2015
Government

Wisconsin Begins Installing 70 MPH Speed Limit Signs

Highway crews in Wisconsin on June 16 began installing 70 mph speed limit signs along some of the state’s interstates, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation announced.

June 16, 2015
Government, Business

High Court Won't Hear Volvo Subsidiary's Appeal of $72 Million EPA Fine

The U.S. Supreme Court on June 15 declined to hear an appeal brought by a Volvo Group subsidiary over a $72 million fine issued by the Environmental Protection Agency.

June 16, 2015
Government

Regulators Rush to Issue Key Proposed, Final Rulemakings, FMCSA Official Says

Federal regulators are racing to complete several significant proposed and final rulemakings by this fall and early next year, a top Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration official told members of the agency’s Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee on June 15.

June 15, 2015
Government, Business

ATA Critical of Panel's Recommendation of Hours-Based Over Performance-Based Instruction for New Drivers

An entry-level driver training federal advisory committee’s recommendation that new drivers receive hours-based rather than performance-based behind-the-wheel instruction lacks a scientific basis and runs contrary to a pair of executive orders, according to a “dissent letter” forwarded to the committee’s facilitator by American Trucking Associations.

June 15, 2015
Government, Business, Safety

Advisory Board Could Recommend Hair Testing for Drivers This Summer

ROCKVILLE, Md. – An advisory board that explores scientific evidence to support possible changes or additions to federal drug testing requirements is on track this summer to issue a recommendation that hair specimens be approved for the pre-employment screening of truck drivers and other “safety sensitive” federal workers.

June 12, 2015
Business, Safety

Most Truck Crashes Occur During Daytime, Data Provider Vigillo Says

A two-year compilation of federal crash data shows that most fatal, injury and tow-away truck-involved crashes occur during daytime hours, peaking from about 6 a.m. to 7 p.m., according to Data-analytics provider Vigillo.

June 11, 2015