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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, Safety, Fuel

EPA to Update NOx, Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards

The Environmental Protection Agency on Aug. 5 announced plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other harmful air pollutants from heavy-duty trucks in a series of major rulemakings over the next three years.

August 6, 2021
Government, Business, Technology, Equipment

Digital Series Spotlights TT Magazines in Debut Episodes

Transport Topics has launched a digital event series that spotlights its supplemental publications, and featured its new Calibrate equipment-focused magazine and redesigned iTECH technology publication in its debut episodes.

August 5, 2021
Government, Business, Safety

ATA Legal Forum Offers Strategies to Counter Lawsuit Abuses

From the rise in multimillion dollar “nuclear†jury verdicts against motor carriers to federal and state efforts to redraw the industry’s independent contractor business model, these are pressing times for lawyers that represent trucking companies.

August 5, 2021
Equipment, Safety

Inspectors Remove 6,710 CMVs, 2,080 Drivers During Roadcheck

Inspectors removed 6,710 commercial motor vehicles and 2,080 drivers from roadways — a 16.5% vehicle and 5.3% driver out-of-service rate — over the May 4-6 International Roadcheck, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance announced.

August 5, 2021
Government, Business

Former Roadrunner Executive Convicted in Financial Case

A federal jury has convicted the former chief financial officer of Roadrunner Transportation Systems Inc. on four counts of violating federal securities laws for his role in a complex securities and accounting fraud.

August 3, 2021
Business

Werner Gets ‘En Banc’ Review of $89.7 Million Verdict

After a nearly three-year delay, a Texas appellate court has voted for all of its nine justices to take over an appeal of an $89.7 million lower court jury verdict against Werner Enterprises in a 2014 fatal accident that the motor carrier has steadfastly maintained was not its driver’s fault.

July 29, 2021
Government, Business, Fuel, Breaking News

Federal Judge Dismisses Charges Against Former Pilot Flying J Executives

A federal judge on July 28 granted a request by federal prosecutors to dismiss criminal charges against former Pilot Flying J President Mark Hazelwood and two other former company executives, all of whom were scheduled to be retried early next year on charges related to a massive diesel fuel rebate scheme.

July 28, 2021
Government, Business, Fuel

Federal Prosecutors Seek to Dismiss Charges Against Pilot Flying J Executives

Federal prosecutors have asked a federal judge to dismiss criminal charges against former Pilot Flying J President Mark Hazelwood and two other former company executives, all of whom were scheduled to be retried early next year on charges related to a massive diesel fuel rebate scheme.

July 28, 2021
Government, Business, Safety

Indiana ‘Trooper in a Truck’ Day Nabs Texting, Speeding Drivers

Who would have suspected that four tractor-trailers rolling down Indiana interstates earlier this month had a state trooper in the passenger’s seat?

July 28, 2021
Government, Technology, Equipment, Safety

CARB Approves Amendments to Onboard Diagnostic System Regulations

California Air Resources Board members have unanimously approved amendments to light-, medium- and heavy-truck onboard diagnostic system regulations that will require more data to be stored by the OBD systems, and address issues regarding several malfunction monitors.

July 26, 2021