
[Federal Register: August 6, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 151)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

 
Reports, Forms, and Record Keeping Requirements; Agency 
Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information 
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted below has been forwarded to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR 
describes the nature of the information collection and the expected 
burden. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period was 
published on May 12, 2010 (75 FR 26837-26838).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before [insert date 30 days 
after publication].

ADDRESSES: Send comments, within 30 days, to the Office of Information 
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725-17th

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Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention NHTSA Desk Officer.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Randolph Atkins, PhD, Office of 
Behavioral Safety Research, National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration, NTI-131, Room W46-500, 1200 New Jersey Ave, SE., 
Washington, DC 20590. Dr. Atkins' phone number is 202-366-5597 and his 
e-mail address is randolph.atkins@dot.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Title: Investigate the Use and Feasibility of Speed Warning 
Devices.
    Type of Request: New information collection request--debriefing 
session follow-up with participants from an earlier on-road 
instrumented vehicle study.
    Abstract: Speeding is one of the primary factors leading to vehicle 
crashes. In 2008, 31% of all fatal crashes were speeding-related. The 
estimated economic cost to society for speeding-related crashes is 
$40.4 billion per year. Driving at higher speeds reduces the ability of 
drivers to avoid obstacles or react to sudden changes in the roadway 
environment and increases the severity of crashes. Of particular 
concern are the habitual speeders and aggressive drivers for whom other 
countermeasures, such as enforcement, licenses suspensions, and fines, 
are not effective deterrents. The data collected in this study will 
provide NHTSA with important information on a countermeasure with the 
potential to address an especially challenging segment of the driving 
population that poses an inordinately high safety risk to themselves 
and other drivers who share the roads with them. In this pilot study, 
NHTSA will be conducting on-road instrumented vehicle data collection 
with drivers who have a history of speeding violations to examine the 
impact of in-vehicle speed warning devices on their driving speed 
patterns and speeding behavior. Participants will be asked to install a 
speed warning device for eight weeks. The device will provide data on 
travel speeds of participants' vehicles coupled with GPS information 
that is linked to a database with speed limits for various sections of 
roads in the study area. After completing their on-road phase of the 
data collection, participating drivers will be asked to participate in 
a short debriefing interview while the in-vehicle warning device is 
removed from their vehicle. The debriefing sessions will focus on the 
drivers' subjective experience regarding the speed warning device--how 
it affected their driving behavior, any problems experienced with the 
device, how they interacted with the device, and their opinion of the 
device, as well as feedback on their experience as a participant in the 
study. This subjective data will be coupled with the data from their 
actual driving behavior to help NHTSA develop a better understanding of 
speeding and speeders and the potential acceptance and effectiveness of 
using speed warning devices as a countermeasure to alter the speeding 
behavior of habitual speeders. The debriefing sessions are expected to 
provide data relevant to implementation issues and concerns associated 
with the device, as well as the key advantages and disadvantages 
associated with the use of this device as a countermeasure.
    Affected Public: NHTSA plans to recruit 80 drivers from the 
Rockville, MD area, with a driving history of at least three speeding 
violations in the previous five years, through the MVA. The 
participants will be stratified; with 20 male and 20 female drivers age 
18-29 and 20 male and 20 female drivers age 30 and above. Participation 
would be voluntary and confidential.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: The total estimated annual burden is 
40 hours for the debriefing session (80 x 30 minutes per session) while 
the monitoring device is being removed from their vehicle. The 
participants would not incur any reporting cost from the information 
collection and will receive a $150 honorarium for data collection. The 
participants would not incur any record keeping burden or record 
keeping cost from the information collection.
    Comments are invited on the following:
    (i) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for 
the proper performance of the functions of the agency, including 
whether the information will have practical utility;
    (ii) The accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed information collection;
    (iii) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    (iv) Ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information 
on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or 
other forms of information technology.
    A comment to OMB is most effective if OMB receives it within 30 
days of publication.

    Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).

    Issued on: August 3, 2010.
Jeff Michael,
Associate Administrator, Research and Program Development.
[FR Doc. 2010-19352 Filed 8-5-10; 8:45 am]
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