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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, Technology, Equipment

Few Drivers Harassed While Using Electronic Logging Devices, Survey Finds

About 2% of truck drivers who use electronic logging devices have experienced a carrier interaction that they considered to be harassment and that they associated with the HOS-logging capabilities of the ELD, according to a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration driver survey released Nov. 13.

November 14, 2014
Government

States Forced to Address Problems with Commercial Driver License Programs

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Nov. 13 announced its intention to require that states submit plans to address deficiencies identified in a recent federal audit of their commercial driver license programs.

November 13, 2014
Business

Trucking Adds 3,900 Jobs in October

The trucking industry added 3,900 jobs in October, and the unemployment rate edged down to 5.8%, declining for the third consecutive month, the Labor Department reported on Nov. 7.

November 7, 2014
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment

E-Log Device Certification Considered by FMCSA

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Oct. 28 issued an “information collection request,” seeking public comment on its plans to ask electronic logging device manufacturers to register and self-certify that their products meet the agency’s technical specifications.

October 30, 2014
Business

Safety Advisory Issued For Transporting Ebola-Contaminated Material

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration on Oct. 29 issued a safety advisory guidance notice for “persons who prepare, offer and transport materials contaminated or suspected of being contaminated with the Ebola virus.”

October 29, 2014
Government

FMCSA Committees OK Recommendations to Monitor Drivers' Legal Drug Use

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s advisory committee and medical review board on Oct. 27 approved a slate of recommendations designed to help medical examiners better evaluate the effect of truck drivers’ legal use of stimulants, depressants and opioids.

October 27, 2014
Government

FMCSA Plans to Test Impact of Split Sleep Breaks on Fatigue

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration plans to conduct a 90-day on-highway pilot program that will evaluate if split sleeper berth breaks will affect truck driver fatigue, a top agency official said Oct. 27.

October 27, 2014
Government, Business

FMCSA Extends Hours-of-Service Exemptions During Fuel Shortages

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Oct. 22 issued a final rule allowing states to extend hours-of- service exemptions up to 90 days in times of acute fuel shortages.

October 22, 2014
Government

US, Mexico Agree to Accelerate Cross-Border Trade

Top officials with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Mexico’s Tax Administration Service signed an  agreement Oct. 17 aimed at accelerating secure trade.

October 20, 2014
Government

TSA Administrator Pistole to Retire Dec. 31

Transportation Security Administration Administrator John Pistole will retire effective Dec. 31 from the post he has held the past 4½ years, TSA announced Oct. 16.

October 16, 2014