
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 108 (Monday, June 6, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36380-36381]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-13186]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[Docket No. NHTSA 2015-0061]


Request for Approval of a New Information Collection

ACTION: Notice and request for comments .

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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 is being forwarded to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comments. Federal 
Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the 
following information collection was published on October 29, 2016.

DATES: Written comments should be submitted on or before July 6, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20503, Attention: NHTSA Desk Officer.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or access 
to background documents, contact Ritchie Huang, Crash Avoidance and 
Electronic Controls Division, NHTSA, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., 
Washington, DC 20590; Telephone (202) 366-5586; Facsimile: (202) 366-
8546; email address: ritchie.huang@dot.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Before a Federal agency can collect certain 
information from the public, it must receive approval from the Office 
of Management and Budget (OMB). In compliance with these requirements, 
this notice announces that the following information collection request 
has been forwarded to OMB. In the October 29, 2015 Federal Register 
\1\, NHTSA published a 60-day notice requesting public comment on the 
proposed collection of information. We received zero comments.
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    \1\ 80 FR 24314 (April 30, 2015).
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    OMB Control Number: To be issued at time of approval.
    Title: Heavy Vehicle Collision Warning Interfaces.
    Form Numbers: None.
    Type of Review: New information collection.
    Abstract: Crash warning systems (CWSs) for commercial motor 
vehicles have been available for more than 20 years. CWSs can include 
features such as forward collision and lane departure warnings and use 
a variety of sensor technologies (e.g., radar) to determine the crash 
risk of a collision. CWSs are designed to warn the driver to take 
action to avoid or mitigate a potential crash.
    CWSs are available as both options from OEMs and as aftermarket/
retrofit devices. While there are certain similarities between 
offerings within a particular CWS product class (e.g., forward 
collision warning (FCW)), there are also differences in how suppliers 
present collision warnings, including the design of visual displays and 
auditory alerts. Typically, suppliers will use a combination of visual 
and audio modalities to convey a potential crash situation to the 
driver. However, their implementations vary across factors such as the 
visual interface, auditory alert, and the salience of alerts. While CWS 
implementations change and evolve, it is likely that certain warning 
interfaces are more effective than others during crash-imminent 
situations. This research seeks to examine the impact of CWSs as they 
pertain to commercial motor vehicle safety. The primary goal of this 
effort is to evaluate CWSs and assess the effectiveness of these 
driver-vehicle interfaces for heavy trucks and motorcoaches.
    Respondents: Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, and Tennessee 
drivers with a valid Class A commercial driver license.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: It is estimated that up to 60 
Class A CDL drivers will participate; however, it is estimated that up 
to 100 Class A CDL drivers will complete the eligibility questionnaire 
in order to obtain 60 Class A CDL drivers that meet the criteria to 
participate.
    Estimated Time per Response: Completion of the eligibility 
questionnaire is expected to take 10 minutes while the demographics 
questionnaire is expected to take two minutes. The mid-study 
questionnaires 10 minutes total and the post study questionnaire will 
take 15 minutes.
    Total Estimated Burden: 37 minutes per respondent (44 hours total).
    Frequency of Collection: Onetime for the eligibility, post study, 
and demographic questionnaire; three times for the mid study 
questionnaire.
    NHTSA estimates the burden of this collection of information as 
follows:

                                                             Table 1--Estimated Burden Hours
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                                                                                                                                               Total
                                                             Number of                                       Estimated         Total         annualize
                       Instrument                           respondents    Frequency  of     Number of      individual       estimated        cost to
                                                                \1\          responses       questions        burden       burden hours     respondents
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Eligibility questionnaire...............................             100               1              26              10              17        $ 414.80
Demographic questionnaire...............................              60               1               7               2               2           48.80
Mid-study questionnaires................................              60               3               9              10              10          244.00
Post study questionnaire................................              60               1              12              15              15          366.00
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    Total...............................................  ..............  ..............  ..............  ..............              44        1,073.60
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\1\ The number of respondents in this table includes drop-out rates.
\2\ Estimated based on the mean hourly rate for Virginia (all occupations) is $24.40 as reported in the May 2014 Occupational Employment and Wage
  Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics. http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_va.htm.



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    Authority:  The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.95.

Nathaniel Beuse,
Associate Administrator, Office of Vehicle Safety Research.
[FR Doc. 2016-13186 Filed 6-3-16; 8:45 am]
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