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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, Autonomous

Regulators Working on Pilot to Determine Safety of Young Military Truck Drivers

Federal trucking regulators say they are working on implementation of a congressionally mandated pilot program that will help determine if military truck drivers between the ages of 18 and 21 are as safe in interstate commerce as older professional drivers.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
March 21, 2016
Business

Officials Say Regulating Medical Examiners Has Detected More Drivers With Ailments

A nearly 2-year-old requirement that physicians administering truck driver medical exams be trained and certified appears to have strengthened federal regulators’ ability to weed out drivers with potentially unsafe medical conditions, according to a top regulatory official.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
March 21, 2016
Business, Government, Safety, Autonomous

FMCSA Plan Aims to Ease Transition for Veterans to Obtain Civilian CDLs

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration last week issued a proposed rule that would make it easier for military personnel to transition into civilian careers in the truck and bus industry.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
March 21, 2016
Government, Business

FMCSA Proposed Rule Would Ease Transition of Military Truck Drivers to Civilian Employment

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will issue a proposed rule to amend commercial driver license regulations that would ease the transition of military personnel into civilian careers in the truck and bus industry.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
March 15, 2016
Government

FMCSA to Accept Mexican Commercial Vehicle Inspections

U.S. federal trucking regulators have announced they are accepting the official Mexican standard for annual commercial vehicle inspections of Mexico-domiciled motor carriers by authorities in that country.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
March 15, 2016
Business, Government, Safety, Logistics, Autonomous

Study Finds Additional Research Needed to Better Understand Driver Fatigue

While there is some evidence that fatigue among truck drivers increases the risk of crashes, questions remain about effective ways to minimize that risk, according to a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
March 14, 2016
Business, Government, Safety

FMCSA Revises Process to Speed Up Investigations of High­-Risk Carriers

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has revamped its carrier prioritization process to enable safety investigators to take more immediate action against carriers with the highest crash risk.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
March 14, 2016
Business, Government, Safety

Feds Propose Training Rule

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration last week published its negotiated proposed entry-level driver training rule that would revise standards for a commercial driver license to be obtained by new interstate and intrastate commercial vehicle operators.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
March 14, 2016
Government, Business

DOT Offers $1.4 Billion in TIFIA Credit Assistance for Infrastructure Projects

The Department of Transportation on March 11 announced the availability of $1.4 billion in credit assistance over the next five years for critical infrastructure projects nationwide, using Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act funding. 

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
March 11, 2016
Safety

More Research on Truck Driver Fatigue Needed, Panel of National Researchers Advises

While there is some evidence that truck driver fatigue can increase crash risk, questions remain about effective ways to minimize that risk, according to a new research report from an expert study panel of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
March 10, 2016