[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 148 (Thursday, August 1, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 49946]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-19397]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request; Young Drivers 
Intervention Study

SUMMARY: Under the provisions of section 3507(a)(1)(D) of the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995, the National Institute of Child Health and Human 
Development (NICHD), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has 
submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for 
review and approval of the information collection listed below. This 
proposed information collection was previously published in the Federal 
Register on April 5, 2002, pages 16407-16408, and allowed 60-days for 
public comment. No public comments were received. The purpose of this 
notice is to allow an additional 30 days for public comment. The 
National Institutes of Health may not conduct or sponsor, and the 
respondent is not required to respond to, an information collection 
that has been extended, revised, or implemented on or after October 1, 
1995, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
    Proposed Collection: Title: Young Drivers Intervention Study, OMB 
No. 0925-0467. Type of Information Collection Request: Revision. Need 
and Use of Information Collection: This study will assess the 
effectiveness of a parent-based education program to increase parental 
restrictions on newly licensed teens' early driving and to decrease 
young driver risk. The primary objectives of the study are to determine 
if parents can be persuaded to increase restrictions on teens' driving 
under high-risk conditions (e.g., at night and with teen passengers) 
and to use a parent-teen driving agreement, and to determine if doing 
so decreases adolescent citations and crashes. The findings will 
provide valuable information concerning: (1) Whether parental actions 
to monitor and control the driving behavior of their teenage children 
reduce the number of motor vehicle crashes and citations; (2) the 
effectiveness of the use of educational persuasive communications and a 
parent-teen driving agreement in promoting parental restrictions of 
adolescents' driving behavior; and (3) the effectiveness of this 
intervention in reducing motor vehicle crashes among teens. Frequency 
of Response: 4 or 5 times over two years (i.e., when teens get a 
learner's permit, when teens get a driver's license, and 3 months, 6 
months, and 12 months postlicensure). Affected Public: Teenagers under 
age 16 years 9 months who get a learner's permit at any of the sites of 
the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles and one of their parents. 
Type of Respondents: Teenagers and Parents. The annual reporting burden 
is as follows: Estimated Number of Respondents: 9519; Estimated Number 
of Responses per Respondents: 1.6522; Average Burden Hours Per 
Response: .5; and Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours Requested: 7,864. 
The annualized cost to respondents is estimated at: $78,640 (based on 
$10 per hour). There are no Capital Costs to report. There are no 
Operating or Maintenance Costs to report.

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                                                                     Estimated                       Estimated
                                                     Estimated       number of    Average burden   total annual
               Type of respondents                   number of     responses per     hours per     burden hours
                                                    respondents     respondent       response        requested
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Teenagers and Parents...........................            9519          1.6522             .50            7864
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    Request for Comments: Written comments and/or suggestions from the 
public and affected agencies are invited on one or more of the 
following points: (1) Whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the function of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility; (2) The 
accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed 
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology 
and assumptions used; (3) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 
clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) Ways 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.
    Direct Comments to OMB: Written comments and/or suggestions 
regarding the item(s) contained in this notice, especially regarding 
the estimated public burden and associated response time, should be 
directed to the: Office of Management and Budget, Office of Regulatory 
Affairs, New Executive Office Building, Room 10235, Washington, DC 
20503, Attention: Desk Office for NIH. To request more information on 
the proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans 
and instruments, contact Dr. Bruce Simons-Morton, Chief, Prevention 
Research Branch, DESPR, NICHD, NIH, 6100 Executive Blvd., Rm 7B05, MSC 
7510, Bethesda, MD 20892-7510; (301) 493-5674; email: 
[email protected].
    Comments Due Date: Comments regarding this information collection 
are best assured of having their full effect if received within 30-days 
of the date of this publication.

    Dated: July 26, 2002.
Kathleen Wilburn,
Project Clearance Liaison, NICHD, National Institutes of Health.
[FR Doc. 02-19397 Filed 7-31-02; 8:45 am]
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