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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.


Government, Business

CVSA Reports Results of Operation Safe Driver

The top five warnings and citations issued to commercial motor vehicle drivers during a law-enforcement campaign in October, respectively, were for speeding, failure to use a safety belt, failure to obey traffic control devices, improper lane changes and following too closely, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance said Feb. 5.

February 5, 2015
Business, Equipment

Former Arrow CEO Doug Pielsticker Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion, Fraud

Former Arrow Trucking Co. CEO Doug Pielsticker pleaded guilty to federal tax evasion and fraud charges in a Tulsa, Oklahoma, courtroom on Feb. 4.

February 4, 2015
Business

Washington DOT Files $17 Million Lawsuit in Skagit Bridge Collapse

The Washington State Department of Transportation has filed a $17 million lawsuit against the motor carrier and driver involved in the 2013 Interstate 5 Skagit River bridge collapse, the Associated Press reported Feb 3.

February 3, 2015
Business, Safety, Autonomous

Truck Fatal Crash Rate Declines 1.6%, Says ATA of Federal Data

Despite a 0.5% rise in the number of large truck-involved crash fatalities in 2013, the actual truck-involved crash fatality rate declined by 1.6% in 2013, according to American Trucking Associations' calculations of Federal Highway Administration data.

February 2, 2015
Business

Attorneys in Pilot Fuel Rebate Case Seek Sentencing Delay

Prosecutors and defense attorneys in the Pilot Flying J diesel-fuel rebate criminal case have asked a federal judge to delay sentencing for 10 former company executives who have pleaded guilty as participants in a scheme to cheat customers.

January 29, 2015
Government, Business

Trucks, Pipeline Carry More Nafta Freight in November

U.S. trade with Canada and Mexico totaled $96.3 billion in November as two transportation modes — truck and pipeline — carried more freight than in November 2013, the Department of Transportation reported Jan. 29.

January 29, 2015
Government, Business, Safety, Autonomous

FMCSA Recruiting Drivers and Carriers for HOS Study

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is looking for truck drivers and carriers willing to participate in an hours-of-service driver restart study.

January 16, 2015
Business

Congestion at Ports Expected to Rise as Trade Grows

WASHINGTON — Tremendous trade growth in future years will exacerbate congestion at U.S. seaports unless innovation can keep costs from rising to the point that they endanger market share, experts said during a Transportation Research Board panel here.

January 13, 2015
Business

Celadon Asks Court to Reconsider $3.8 Million Fine

Celadon Trucking Services has asked a federal court to reconsider a state court’s $3.8 million judgment against the Indianapolis-based carrier for failing to pass on fuel rebate savings to its drivers.

January 9, 2015
Government, Business

California Farm Bureau Files for Bee Hauler HOS Exemption

The California Farm Bureau Federation has petitioned federal regulators for an exemption from 30-minute rest breaks for drivers transporting bees that are critically needed to pollinate crops.

January 8, 2015