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Industry insider CHANGING LANES 12 JUNE 2015 // WWW.CHANGINGLANESDIGITAL.COM large and small, Heller contended, "we as an industry need to do more. We don't mind being scored. We just want scores to make sense. They need to hear about the problems to the tune of 28,000 comments, but they haven't." The Safety Fitness Determination rulemaking, he added, represented the fi rst, best opportunity to speak out. Otherwise, Heller rolled through a list of rules and new legislation on the horizon for the industry, including: Electronic Logging Devices: The mandate is coming, he noted. The fi nal rule is expected in September, according to the latest updates. Asked for a show of hands among the group showing who was utilizing ELDs today, most conference attendees raised theirs. "When the rule comes out, let's hope it doesn't make your [current] ELDs antiques. Is a two- year implementation enough? Should it be longer? Probably, but let's talk about that – let's fi le more than 2,200 comments," the current number on the proposed rule. "If there's something you don't like, fi le comments on it." Hair testing for drugs and alcohol: Heller made note of the Drug Free Commercial Driver Act of 2015, which would "allow for hair testing as an alternative testing method." Drug and alcohol testing clearinghouse Speed limiters