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U.S.C. chapter 35), this notice
announces that the Information
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted
below will be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review. The ICR describes the nature of
the information collection and its
expected burden. A Federal Register
Notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting public comments on the
following information collection was
published on September 5, 2013 (FR/
Vol. 78, No. 172/pp. 54727–54729).
DATES: Submit comments to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) on or
before January 27, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kristie Johnson at the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration, Office of
Behavioral Safety Research (NTI–131),
W46–198, Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. Dr.
Johnson’s phone number is 202–366–
2755 and her email address is
[email protected]
ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding
the burden estimate, including
suggestions for reducing the burden, to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget, 725 17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk
Officer for Department of
Transportation, National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration, or by
email at [email protected],
or fax: 202–395–5806.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title—Evaluation of a New Child
Pedestrian Curriculum.
Type of Review—Regular.
OMB Clearance Number—None.
Form Number—NHTSA Forms 1215,
1216, and 1217.
Respondents—All K–5 students in
two test schools and two comparison
schools will be surveyed. The project
will conduct a survey of parents or other
student caregivers for both the test and
comparison schools. Only one caregiver
per student will complete the survey.
An Internet-based survey of all
instructors and administrators at the test
and comparison schools is included.
Estimated Number of Respondents—
2,000 students; 2,000 caregivers; 200
instructors and school staff.
Estimated Time per Response—5
minutes per student survey; 5 minutes
per caregiver survey; 5 minutes per
instructor/staff survey.
Total Estimated Annual Burden
Hours—516.67 hours (total for the
study).
Frequency of Collection—Student
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once after implementation is complete.
Caregiver and instructor/staff surveys
will take place once—after curriculum
implementation.
Abstract—Schools and broader
communities around the country have
been working to foster a generation of
healthy, active children. Children and
adults alike are being encouraged to
walk as a way to get some of the
physical activity we all need. Schools
have taken up the challenge to help
equip students with the skills they need
to be safe pedestrians throughout their
lifetimes. The National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA)
developed a new Child Pedestrian
Safety Curriculum to teach and
encourage safe pedestrian behaviors for
students at the elementary school level
(grades K–5). The overall goal of the
curriculum is to aid elementary age
school children in developing age
appropriate traffic safety knowledge and
practical pedestrian safety skills. The
curriculum is organized into five
lessons that target key areas of
pedestrian safety and are designed to
meet national learning standards. The
participating schools are located in the
State of North Carolina because North
Carolina included the NHTSA
curriculum as part of its Let’s Go NC
pedestrian and bicycle safety school
curriculum.
The study has two objectives: (1) to
evaluate how implementation of the
curriculum is achieved by schools,
instructors, and caregivers as a means of
developing best practice guidance; and
(2) to assess the effectiveness of the
curriculum in instilling correct
knowledge and behaviors in young
pedestrians. To achieve these objectives,
the study is conducting in-person oral
surveys of students, a paper-and-pencil
self-report survey of the students’
caregivers, and an Internet-based survey
of instructors and other staff at two
schools implementing the curriculum
and two similar comparison schools in
the same school district that are not
implementing the curriculum. The
study will also collect behavioral
observations of students to determine if
behaviors have changed relative to the
implementation of the curriculum. No
personal information will be collected
that would allow any respondent to be
identified.
Comments Are Invited On: Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the Department of
Transportation, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
the accuracy of the Department’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
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the quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and 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 of this notice.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)
Issued on: December 20, 2013.
Jeff Michael,
Associate Administrator, Research and
Program Development.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
Information Collection Activities:
Submission for the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
Review; Request for Comment
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of the OMB review of
information collection and solicitation
of public comment.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. chapter 35), this notice
announces that the Information
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted
below will be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review. The ICR describes the nature of
the information collection and its
expected burden. A Federal Register
Notice with a 60-day comment period
soliciting public comments on the
following information collection was
published on September 5, 2013
(Federal Register/Vol. 78, No. 172/pp.
54729–54730).
DATES: Submit comments to the Office
of Management and Budget (OMB) on or
before January 27, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kristie Johnson at the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration, Office of
Behavioral Safety Research (NTI–131),
W46–198, Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590. Dr.
Johnson’s phone number is 202–366–
2755 and her email address is
[email protected].
ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding
the burden estimate, including
suggestions for reducing the burden, to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
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Budget, 725 17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk
Officer for Department of
Transportation, National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration, or by
email at [email protected],
or fax: 202–395–5806.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title—NHTSA Distracted Driving
Survey Project.
Type of Request—Regular.
OMB Clearance Number—2127–0665.
Form Number—NHTSA Form 1082.
Respondents—Telephone interviews
will be administered to a national
sample of people 16 and older who have
access to a residential landline and/or a
personal cell phone.
Estimated Number of Respondents—
30 pretest respondents, 6,000 survey
respondents, and 200 non-response bias
respondents, for up to 2 administrations
of the survey for a total of 12,460
respondents.
Estimated Time per Response—20
minutes per pretest and main survey
interviews. 10 minutes per nonresponse interview.
Total Estimated Annual Burden
Hours—2,043 hours × 2 administrations
(4,086 hours total).
Frequency of Collection—The survey
will be administered in 2014 and
possibly again in 2016.
Abstract—The National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
proposes to collect information from a
national random sample of 6,000
(12,000 total for both administrations)
members of the general public age 16
and older. The sample will be stratified
by NHTSA region, age, and gender. The
National Survey on Distracted Driving
Attitudes and Behaviors (NSDDAB) will
ask about (a) attitudes, behaviors, and
perceptions related to driving
distractions and electronic device use
while driving, and (b) the effectiveness
of high visibility enforcement
demonstration programs to increase
public awareness of the dangers of, and
legislation related to, distracted and
unsafe driving behaviors. The national
survey will be preceded by a pretest
administered to 30 respondents.
Interview length will average 20
minutes. This approval will be for the
third and fourth administrations of the
NSDDAB. Participation by respondents
will be voluntary and anonymous. Cell
phone and non-response bias
respondents will have the option to
receive a small monetary incentive. The
personally identifiable information
(name and mailing address) used for
respondent payment will be held
separately from the respondents’ survey
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made between the two. All results will
be reported in the aggregate.
The telephone interviewers will use
computer-assisted telephone
interviewing to reduce interview length
and minimize recording errors. A
Spanish-language translation and
bilingual interviewers will be used to
minimize language barriers to
participation. NHTSA will use the
findings from this proposed information
collection to build upon and add to the
existing knowledge on distracted
driving and to help track behavior and
attitude changes that can be used to
tailor distraction program efforts and to
assist States, localities, and
communities in developing and refining
distracted driving programs.
Comments are Invited on: Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the Department of
Transportation, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
the accuracy of the Department’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
information collection; ways to enhance
the quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and 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 of this notice.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).
Issued on: December 20, 2013.
Jeff Michael,
Associate Administrator, Research and
Program Development.
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[U.S. DOT Docket No. NHTSA–2013–0122]

Reports, Forms, and Record Keeping
Requirements
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.
ACTION: Request for public comment on
proposed collection of information.
AGENCY:

Before a Federal agency can
collect certain information from the
public, it must receive approval from
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB). Under procedures established
by the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, before seeking OMB approval,
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comment on proposed collections of
information, including extensions and
reinstatements of previously approved
collections.
This document describes the
collection of information for which
NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before February 24, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
identified by DOT Docket ID Number
NHTSA–2013–0122 using any of the
following methods:
Electronic submissions: Go to http://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Docket Management Facility,
M–30, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., West Building Ground
Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC
20590.
Hand Delivery: West Building Ground
Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except Federal holidays. Fax: 1
(202) 493–2251.
Instructions: Each submission must
include the Agency name and the
Docket number for this Notice. Note that
all comments received will be posted
without change to http://
www.regulations.gov including any
personal information provided.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Kathy Sifrit, Contracting Officer’s
Technical Representative, Office of
Behavioral Safety Research (NTI–132),
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., W46–472, Washington, DC
20590. Dr. Sifrit’s phone number is
(202) 366–0868 and her email address is
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
before an agency submits a proposed
collection of information to OMB for
approval, it must publish a document in
the Federal Register providing a 60-day
comment period and otherwise consult
with members of the public and affected
agencies concerning each proposed
collection of information. The OMB has
promulgated regulations describing
what must be included in such a
document. Under OMB’s regulations (at
5 CFR 1320.8(d)), an agency must ask
for public comment 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 collection
of information, including the validity of

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