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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, Safety

J.B. Hunt, EEOC Settle Religious Accommodation Case

J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc. has agreed to pay four Sikh employment applicants a total of $260,000 in a settlement to end a complaint that they were denied a religious accommodation during the hiring process.

November 16, 2016
Government, Business

OOIDA Asks Appeals Court to Vacate Medical Examiners Certification Rule

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association has asked an appeals court to throw out a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration final rule on medical examiners' certification integration that failed to include guidelines for examiners to diagnose whether truck drivers have obstructive sleep apnea.

November 15, 2016
Business, Equipment

13.2% of Brake Week Inspections Result in Out-Of-Service Orders

Commercial motor vehicle officers reported 13.2% of inspections resulted in out-of-service orders for brake violations during a weeklong brake enforcement operation, compared with 12.3% last year and 16.2% in 2014.

November 14, 2016
Business, Safety

Hair Testing Concerns Linger; Experts Urge More Research

Scientific and technical experts on drug testing hair concluded that additional research is needed before regulators adopt a federal standard for commercial vehicle drivers, according to a group report.

November 7, 2016
Government, Business

NHTSA to Hold Listening Session on Automated Vehicles

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announced it will hold a public listening session Nov. 10 for comment on the recently released guidelines for the testing and deployment of highly automated vehicles.

November 4, 2016
Government

FMCSA Panels Give Approval for Driver Health Measures

WASHINGTON — A pair of commercial driver health-related measures won approval from Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration advisory panels last week.

October 31, 2016
Government

GAO Study Chides FMCSA for Lacking Measures to Monitor CSA Intervention Progress

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has taken action to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of Compliance, Safety, Accountability program interventions for high risk carriers, but lacks measures to monitor progress, according to a new Government Accountability Office study.

October 28, 2016
Government, Business, Technology

Advisory Panel Asks FMCSA to 'Get a Seat at the Table' on Autonomous Truck Issues

A Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration advisory committee formally asked the agency to get “proactive and involved” with a Department of Transportation inter-agency group to get the commercial motor vehicle industry “a seat at the table” to work on the design, safety and regulatory aspects of autonomous trucks.

October 26, 2016
Government

Warn Drivers About Drug Mix Side Effects, FMCSA Board Urges

Members of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Medical Review Board on Oct. 25 voted unanimously to ask primary care physicians and certified medical examiners to consider if drivers are qualified to operate trucks and buses if they are prescribed a mix of narcotics and depressants.

October 25, 2016
Government, Safety, Business

FMCSA Panels Advance Sleep Apnea Recommendations

Two Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration advisory committees forwarded on Oct. 24 a slate of comprehensive moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea risk factor recommendations that the agency could use in a formal regulatory requirement for truck and bus drivers to submit to costly diagnostic sleep studies.

October 24, 2016