As part of NHTSA's mission to save
lives, prevent injuries and reduce traffic-related health care and
other economic costs, the Crash Avoidance Research Program was
created to facilitate the development, deployment, and evaluation
of safety products and systems. Among other things, this involves
research into the science of crash avoidance to enable the
development of safety-enhancing products. As these new technologies
roll out, NHTSA will establish the safety goals for crash avoidance
technologies, develop performance guidelines and specifications for
these systems, evaluate the safety performance of such systems, and
work with industry to demonstrate the most promising ones and to
facilitate their deployment in the marketplace. To aid this effort
NHTSA is seeking approval to conduct qualitative consumer research
to help ensure the systems that we are promoting are important and
usable to consumers, and the information we provide leads to
consumer understanding of the benefits of these technologies so
that they may make informed decisions.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.