[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 74 (Tuesday, April 17, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22843-22844]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-9158]


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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

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of the OMB review of information collection and 
solicitation of public comment.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information 
Collection Request (ICR) abstracted

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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 20, 2011 (Federal Register/Vol. 
76, No. 182/pp. 58341-58342).

DATES: Submit comments to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on 
or before May 17, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Send comments 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric Traube at the National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Human-Vehicle Performance 
Research (NVS-331), Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Ave. 
SE., Washington, DC 20590. Mr. Traube's phone number is 202-366-5673. 
His email address is [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Title: National Survey of Driver Attitudes and Opinions of Advanced 
In-vehicle Alcohol Detection Systems.
    OMB Control Number: 2127-0669.
    Type of Request: Revision.
    Abstract: In a continuing effort to reduce the adverse consequences 
of alcohol-impaired driving, NHTSA in conjunction with the Automotive 
Coalition for Traffic Safety (ACTS) is undertaking research and 
development to explore the feasibility of, and public policy challenges 
associated with, use of in-vehicle alcohol detection technology. The 
agency believes that use of vehicle-based, alcohol detection 
technologies could help to significantly reduce the number of alcohol-
impaired driving crashes, deaths and injuries by preventing drivers 
from driving while their blood alcohol concentration (BAC) is at or 
above the legal limit. In 2008, ACTS and NHTSA entered into a 5-Year 
Cooperative Agreement to ``explore the feasibility, the potential 
benefits of, and the public policy challenges associated with a more 
widespread use of unobtrusive technology to prevent drunk driving.'' 
The goal of the Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety (DADSS) 
project is, through a step-by-step, data-driven process, to develop and 
test prototypes that may be considered for vehicle integration 
thereafter.
    As technology development progresses and decisions are being made 
about best practices for integrating such technology into vehicles, 
NHTSA is soliciting public opinions about the proposed in-vehicle 
alcohol detection devices. Optimization of the effectiveness of the 
technology and public acceptance of it as a safety enhancement once 
deployed will depend on the extent to which public attitudes are taken 
into account during the development process. OMB previously approved 
focus groups with licensed drivers to provide an initial understanding 
of public preferences concerning advanced alcohol detection technology. 
In order to provide a more complete understanding of driver 
preferences, NHTSA is proposing to conduct a nationally representative 
telephone survey of drivers. Interviews would be completed with 1,000 
licensed drivers randomly selected from the 50 States and the District 
of Columbia. The survey would be composed of both a landline sample and 
a smaller cell phone sample selected from separate sampling frames. The 
drivers would have the developing in-vehicle alcohol sensing technology 
systems described to them, and asked a series of questions to obtain 
their reactions to the systems and their possible installation in new 
vehicles. In conducting the telephone interviews, the interviewers 
would use computer-assisted telephone interviewing to reduce interview 
length and minimize recording errors. Each driver in the sample would 
be interviewed a single time. No information would be collected that 
could be used to identify any respondent.
    NHTSA and ACTS will use the information from the proposed telephone 
survey in decision making regarding integration of the technology under 
investigation into a vehicle.
    Affected Public: Randomly selected members of the general public 
ages 21 and older from across the United States will be surveyed by 
telephone. Participation by all respondents would be voluntary and 
anonymous.
    Estimated Total Annual Burden: 256 hours 15 minutes (1,000 
interviews plus 25 pilot interviews each averaging 15 minutes) would be 
added to the 288 hours previously approved for the focus groups, which 
would total 544 hours and 15 minutes.

Comments Are Invited on the Following

    (i) 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;
    (ii) The accuracy of the Department's estimate of the burden of the 
proposed information collection;
    (iii) Ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the 
information to be collected; and
    (iv) 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 in Washington, DC, on April 17, 2012.
John Maddox,
Associate Administrator, Vehicle Safety Research.
[FR Doc. 2012-9158 Filed 4-16-12; 8:45 am]
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