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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, Safety

ATA, Road Safe America Join in Speed Limiter Regulation Letter

American Trucking Associations and safety group Road Safe America have sent a letter to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg outlining their support for guidelines for speed limiters for policymakers in Congress and at the Department of Transportation.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
March 4, 2021
Business, Technology, Safety

No Final Hair Testing Rule Yet, but HHS Plans to Add More Drugs to Tests

Ron Flegel, chairman of the federal Drug Testing Advisory Board that developed the controversial proposed mandatory guidelines for federal drug testing using hair samples, was mum at a March 2 meeting on when HHS plans to issue a final hair testing rule.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
March 3, 2021
Government, Business, Fuel

Railroads Told to Turn Over Evidence in Fuel Surcharge Suit

In a move that could help speed up the path to a trial, a District of Columbia federal judge ruled in a multidistrict federal lawsuit that more than 200 shippers are entitled to pursue certain evidence to support their allegation that the four largest Class I railroads may have conspired to fix fuel surcharge prices.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
March 2, 2021
Government, Business, Safety

Fraudulent Movers Are a Major Threat to the Industry

The hardworking men and women in the household goods moving profession call their fraudulent counterparts “rogue operators.”

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
February 25, 2021
Government, Technology, Equipment, Safety

With New Administration, Regulatory Policy Changes Could Be Coming

With a new administration now occupying the White House, the trucking industry soon could see changes in the regulatory landscape.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
February 23, 2021
Government, Business

Ex-Pilot Flying J President Hazelwood, Two Others, to Be Retried

There is no question now that former Pilot Flying J President Mark Hazelwood and two former company executives, already convicted of cheating truckers out of diesel fuel rebates, will be retried on federal criminal charges. What remains unknown, though, is when?

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
February 19, 2021
Government, Business, Fuel

EPA Steps Up Efforts to Catch Emissions Tampering

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is in its second year of a four-year enforcement effort to catch truckers who are installing emissions defeat devices or otherwise tampering with emissions systems.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
February 18, 2021
Government, Business, Safety

Trucking Takes On Lawsuit Abuse in Florida

The Florida Trucking Association and its business allies are taking on lawsuit abuse in the state’s courts, and with the state Legislature, where the climate for change seems to be improving.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
February 17, 2021
Government, Business, Safety

C.R. England Files RICO Lawsuit in New Orleans Staged Accident

C.R. England on Feb. 9 filed a sweeping federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act civil lawsuit alleging that a New Orleans law firm and six co-conspirators were paid a total of $4.7 million in a fraudulent settlement for a staged accident with an England tractor-trailer in 2015.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
February 9, 2021
Government, Business, Safety

First Trial Set for May 10 in New Orleans Staged Accident Charges

Genetta Isreal, a 51-year-old Houston woman indicted for her alleged role in a June 2017 staged accident in New Orleans with a tractor-trailer, is set to go on trial May 10.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
February 9, 2021