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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, Fuel, Business, Autonomous

Calif. Lawmakers Approve Low-Emission, Alt-Fuel Truck Incentive Bills

California legislators have approved a pair of bills that would provide funding to help fleets purchase low-emission trucks and encourage the development and use of alternative-fuel trucks.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
September 17, 2013
Government, Business, Safety, Autonomous

Advisory Panel Hears from Attorneys on Truck Crash Fault

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A special advisory panel studying the federal Compliance, Safety, Accountability program heard conflicting opinions from two accident litigators on the merits of police accident reports as the basis for assessing blame in truck-involved crashes.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
September 12, 2013
Government, Business, Safety

FMCSA’s Crash-Fault Study Complete, Under Agency Review

A federal study of how the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration could assign fault for truck crashes has been completed, but is being reviewed in-house by the agency, officials said.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
September 5, 2013
Business

Western Express Says Pilot Flying J Fraud Cost it More Than $73 Mln.

A Nashville, Tenn.-based trucking company, the largest carrier yet to file a fraud lawsuit against Pilot Flying J, is seeking more than $73 million in punitive damages for being shortchanged $2.5 million in fuel rebates since 2005.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
September 4, 2013
Government, Business

Smugglers Using Truck Axles to Hide Drugs Rounded Up by Federal Task Force

A Southern California-based federal drug task force rounded up more than 57 members of three alleged Mexican drug organizations accused of smuggling cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin into the U.S. by hiding the drugs in PVC pipes concealed in tractor-trailer axles, according to federal prosecutors.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
August 22, 2013
Business

Ga. Trucking Company Wants to Depose Haslam, Other Pilot Flying J Executives

A Georgia motor carrier, the latest of more than 20 trucking companies to file fuel-rebate fraud lawsuits against Pilot Flying J, is seeking to depose Pilot CEO Jimmy Haslam in October.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
August 13, 2013
Business

Court Rejects Bid to Merge Pilot Flying J Suits

A panel of federal judges has denied a motion to consolidate a dozen federal fuel-price fraud lawsuits against Pilot Flying J truck stops.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
August 9, 2013
Government, Business, Fuel

EPA Sets Final 2013 Renewable Fuel Standards

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized the 2013 percentage standards for four fuel categories that are part of the Renewable Fuel Standard program established by Congress to reduce carbon climate change.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
August 8, 2013
Government, Business, Logistics

Bill Would Allow Rail-Safety Technology Deadline Extension

Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) has introduced legislation that would extend until 2020 a federal statutory deadline that freight railroads install collision-avoidance technology.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
August 6, 2013
Government

CARB Steps Up Trucking Diesel Regulations Enforcement

The California Air Resources Board has stepped up enforcement of its stringent diesel truck regulations to ensure that trucks traveling from Mexico to the state’s ports and rail yards are compliant.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
June 24, 2013