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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.


Government, Business, Technology

Enhanced CSA Website Now Live

Enhancements to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Compliance, Safety, Accountability public Safety Measurement System website have gone live.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
August 5, 2014
Business

Southbound Lanes of I-495 Bridge in Delaware Reopen

The southbound lanes of the I-495 Christina River Bridge in Wilmington, Delaware, have reopened a month ahead of schedule, state transportation officials said.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
August 1, 2014
Business

Law Enforcement Disparities Create Uneven Playing Fields, Study Shows

State law enforcement disparities create uneven safety playing fields for carriers that have different operating patterns and mileage exposure, according to an American Transportation Research Institute study released July 31.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
July 31, 2014
Government

FMCSA, OSHA to Work Together on Coercion Claims

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration have signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at strengthening coordination between the agencies in investigating truck driver safety, coercion and retaliation complaints against motor carriers.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
July 24, 2014
Government

FMCSA Sued Over Information in Driver Inspection Reports

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has “intentionally or willfully” improperly disseminated truck-driver inspection reports that contain references to violations not classified as “serious driver-related safety violations,” according to a lawsuit filed by six independent owner-operator truck drivers.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
July 24, 2014
Government, Business

Court: California's Meal and Rest Break Laws Apply to Truck Drivers Too

A federal appeals court ruled on July 9 that federal law does not exempt motor carriers from a California law requiring that they provide truck drivers no less than a 30-minute paid meal break when their work period is more than five hours.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
July 10, 2014
Government, Business

Supreme Court Declines to Hear OOIDA Cross-Border Trucking Case

For the second time in five months, the U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal by the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association challenging the legality of a federal cross-border pilot program allowing some Mexican trucks to operate in the United States.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
June 25, 2014
Business

Inspectors Confirm Dirt Pile Caused I-495 Bridge Piers to Buckle

Federal Highway Administration inspectors have confirmed earlier suspicions that a 50,000-ton pile of fill dirt placed adjacent to the I-495 Christina River Bridge site in Wilmington, Delaware, caused a buckling of four of the bridge’s 37 piers that led to its closing earlier this month.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
June 20, 2014
Government

Federal Appeals Court Dismisses CSA Lawsuit Alleging Regulators Broke Rules

A federal appeals court on June 17 dismissed a lawsuit alleging that federal regulators did not follow the law when they implemented the Compliance, Safety, Accountability ratings program.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
June 17, 2014
Government, Business

CVSA Head: Study HOS Impact, But Don't Make Changes Now

Congress should not make changes to the current hours-of-service rule, the executive director of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance said June 16.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
June 16, 2014