Child Passenger Safety Perceptions and Practice in Ridesharing and Autonomous Vehicles

Forms and Documents

Forms and supporting documents for this ICR

Document	Type	Status	Availability
Form 1689 Informed Consent	Form and Instruction	New	Repair queued
Form 1687 Screener and Follow-up Scheduling	Form and Instruction	New	Repair queued
PRA_SS_PartA_CPSRideshare_2127-New_010323.docx	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2023-01-03	Repair queued
30 Day Notice CPS Rideshare.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2023-01-03	Repair queued
60 Day Notice CPS Rideshare.pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2022-12-20	Repair queued
22.11.17 PRA_SS_PartB_CPSRideshare_2127-New_093022.docx	Supporting Statement B	Uploaded 2022-12-19	Available

IC Document Collections

Information collection document groups

IC ID	Collection	Type	Status	Form
257460	Focus Groups		New
257458	Informed Consent	Form and Instruction	New
257458	Informed Consent		New
257457	Screener and Follow-up Scheduling	Form and Instruction	New
257457	Screener and Follow-up Scheduling		New

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 2127-0764	ICR Reference No: 202212-2127-005
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No:
Agency/Subagency: DOT/NHTSA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Child Passenger Safety Perceptions and Practice in Ridesharing and Autonomous Vehicles
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved with change	Conclusion Date: 08/24/2023
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 01/03/2023
Terms of Clearance: While OIRA concludes that the collection of this data is important to study, NHTSA should be careful in using the data from this study as the sole basis for programming and policy decisions. Rather this data collection could inform programming and policies to provide advocates with information or used to conduct additional data collections.

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	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	08/31/2026	36 Months From Approved
Responses	272	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	107	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	3,422	0	0

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Abstract: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of the U.S. Department of Transportation is seeking approval for a one-time voluntary information collection from 24 caregivers of children 8 years old or younger and 12 licensed drivers of rideshare vehicles. The purpose of the collection is to describe child passenger safety (CPS) attitudes and behaviors from caregivers and rideshare drivers. A NHTSA contractor expects to provide screening questionnaires to 200 potential participants to determine their eligibility for the focus group study and to collect contact information for scheduling with a potential burden of 15 minutes per respondent or 50 hours. From the 200 potential participants, the contractor will contact and enroll up to 36 participants in the study. Six 90-minute focus groups will be conducted, each with six participants. Including the five minutes for participants to complete informed consent, the burden per focus group participant is 95 minutes or 57 hours. The total expected burden for screening, scheduling, and participating in the focus groups is 107 hours. A trained moderator will conduct separate virtual focus groups for caregivers/parents of at least one child 8 years old or younger who frequently use rideshare vehicles to transport children (two groups) and those who infrequently transport children in rideshare vehicles (two groups) as well as for rideshare drivers who frequently have child passengers 8 years old or younger (one group) and those who infrequently have child passengers (one group). The contractor will collect participants’ attitudes and self-reported behaviors from the focus groups. NHTSA’s contractor received Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval to conduct the focus groups. NHTSA will use the information to produce a technical report containing descriptive and qualitative assessments of caregivers/parents’ and rideshare drivers’ attitudes and behaviors related to CPS in rideshare vehicles. NHTSA will make the technical report available to a variety of audiences interested in improving highway safety through the agency web site and the National Transportation Library. This collection will inform the development of behavioral safety countermeasures, particularly in the areas of communications and training related to CPS in rideshare vehicles and potentially future vehicles with Automated Driving Systems.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 23 USC 403 Name of Law: Highway Safety Act
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	87 FR 62922	10/17/2022
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	87 FR 79442	12/27/2022
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 3

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IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Focus Groups
Informed Consent	1688, 1689
Screener and Follow-up Scheduling	1687

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ICR Summary of Burden

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	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	272	0	0	272	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	107	0	0	107	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	3,422	0	0	3,422	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: This is a one-time new information collection supporting NHTSA's behavioral traffic safety research program and the agency's efforts to improve child passenger safety. As such, it requires a program change to add the estimated 107 hours for the new information collection to existing burden.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $203,413

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? Yes Part B of Supporting Statement

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination.     No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

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Common Form ICR:  No

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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:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(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;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

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.

Certification Date: 01/03/2023

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