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Eric Miller

Senior Reporter

@ericdmiller46

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.


Special Coverage

Task Force Stresses Skills Needed by Entry-Level Techs

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — With a fast-growing shortage of heavy-truck technicians weighing on their minds, members of a new Technology & Maintenance Council task force began a lively, wide-ranging debate on defining the necessary skills for entry-level technicians.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
February 18, 2015
Special Coverage, Government, Business, Technology, Equipment

Suspending HOS Rules Forced ELD Makers to Adjust, Executives Say

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A congressional mandate that suspended parts of the hours-of-service rule until Sept. 30 required electronic logging device manufacturers to make costly adjustments and retests of their software for their customers.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
February 17, 2015
Special Coverage, Government, Business, Technology, Equipment

FMCSA to Publish Final ELD Rule in November

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration plans to publish its final electronic logging device rule in November, an agency official said.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
February 16, 2015
Business, Government

ATA Files Brief in Support of Penske Meal Break Case

American Trucking Associations and Airlines for America on Feb. 9 filed an amicus curiae brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of a request by Penske Logistics that the high court overturn an appeals court decision upholding California’s meal-break law.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
February 10, 2015
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.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
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.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
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.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
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.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
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.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
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.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
January 29, 2015