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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
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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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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
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Administration
[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
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the methodology and assumptions used;
(iii) how to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (iv) how to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on those who are to respond, including
the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other
technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology,
e.g., permitting electronic submission of
responses. In compliance with these
requirements, NHTSA asks public
comment on the following proposed
collection of information:
Mild Cognitive Impairment and Driving
Performance
Type of Request—New information
collection requirement.
OMB Clearance Number—None.
Form Number—NHTSA Form 1240.
Requested Expiration Date of
Approval—3 years from date of
approval.
Summary of the Collection of
Information—The National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
proposes to collect information from
licensed older drivers about their
driving habits in order to determine
whether they are eligible to participate
in a study of the effects of mild
cognitive impairment on driving
performance. Study participation will
be voluntary and solicited through
driver rehabilitation specialist (DRS)
referrals of drivers suspected of having
some degree of cognitive impairment by
the State of Virginia Department of
Motor Vehicle (VA DMV). A comparison
group of drivers matched on age and sex
who have not been diagnosed with
cognitive impairment will also be
recruited, either by contacting
individuals who participated in other
studies and gave their consent to be
contacted about future research
opportunities or by posting notices
describing the research opportunity at
Area Agency on Aging Senior Centers.
People interested in in participating will
contact a designated staff member
through a toll-free number to enroll.
During a brief telephone pre-screening,
a project assistant will explain inclusion
and exclusion criteria for study
participation. Candidate participants
who meet these criteria will be enrolled
in the study.
A project assistant will make
appointments to visit each enrollee to
explain the study, answer questions
about study participation and obtain
his/her signature on the informed
consent agreement. The remaining data
for this study will be collected through
both clinical and on-road evaluations by
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road performance evaluation, an invehicle data collection system will be
installed in the subject’s own car to
obtain driving exposure information.
The in-vehicle system will include a
device to collect the vehicle’s Global
Positioning System coordinates and a
companion device to capture an image
of the driver to confirm that the driver
for each trip is the study participant.
The Government may decide to fund
an optional task to collect additional
data. This Optional Task, if funded,
would be conducted thorough monthly
telephone interviews with a subset of
the same drivers. In addition, a second
set of clinical, driving exposure, and
performance data would be collected
one year after the initial set was
collected, for the subset of participants
in the Optional Task.
Description of the Need for the
Information and Proposed Use of the
Information—NHTSA was established
to reduce the number of deaths, injuries,
and economic losses resulting from
motor vehicle crashes on the Nation’s
highways. As part of this statutory
mandate, NHTSA is authorized to
conduct research as a foundation for the
development of motor vehicle standards
and traffic safety programs.
Older adults comprise an increasing
proportion of the (driving) population
and there is reason for concern about
the consequences of early stage
dementia and mild cognitive
impairment (MCI) and driver
performance and safety, as these
conditions become markedly more
prevalent with advancing age. The
objective in this project is to document
differences in driving performance and
exposure between participants with MCI
and a comparison group of drivers.
Analyses of these data will provide
information about the relationship
between scores on clinical
measurements of cognitive impairment
and multiple levels of driving
performance and exposure among older
adults. The improved understanding of
changes in driving behaviors associated
with MCI will help physicians, driving
rehabilitation specialists, and others
who provide guidance to older adults
regarding driving safety to know when
to recommend driving cessation. The
findings from this study also will help
clinicians to identify and intervene
when a client with dementia begins to
exhibit potentially risky driving
behaviors. NHTSA will use the
information to inform recommendations
to health care providers and to the
public regarding when the progression
of a disease or condition causing
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ultimate goal of reducing injuries and
loss of life on the highway.
Description of the Likely Respondents
(Including Estimated Number, and
Proposed Frequency of Response to the
Collection of Information)—
Respondents will include individuals
who have been identified by the VA
DMV’s medical referral and review
practices as potentially cognitively
impaired, have been required to obtain
a DRS evaluation to retain their driving
licenses, and have been diagnosed with
mild cognitive impairment (MCI).
Control respondents will include
participants matched for age and sex
who do not suffer from clinically
diagnosed cognitive impairment. It is
estimated that 90 telephone
conversations will be conducted with
respondents to descriptive solicitations,
to yield 60 participants; this assumes
that up to half of those initially
indicating interest will ultimately not
meet inclusion criteria or be
uninterested in participating.
Estimate of the Total Annual
Reporting and Record Keeping Burden
Resulting from the Collection of
Information—The 90 telephone
conversations will average 10 minutes
in length including introduction,
qualifying questions, potential
participant questions, logistical
questions, and conclusion. The total
estimated annual burden will be 15
hours. Participants will incur no costs
from the data collection and
participants will incur no record
keeping burden and no record keeping
cost from the information collection. If
the Optional Task is funded, we assume
a subset of 50% of the original sample
would participate. These participants
will be contacted by phone once a
month for the period of one year. The
resulting 12 contacts (approximately 10
minutes in length) of an estimated 50%
of the original sample (30 participants)
will result in a total estimated annual
burden of 60 hours.
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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