[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 153 (Wednesday, August 8, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39155-39156]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-16950]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration


Reports, Forms, and Record Keeping Requirements Agency 
Information Collection Activity Under OMB Review

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), U.S. 
Department of Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
notice announces the Information Collection Request (ICR) abstracted 
below will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
for review and comment. 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

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was published on May 17, 2018 (83 FR 23040). NHTSA did not receive any 
public comments in response to the 60-day notice.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 7, 2018.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, within 30 days, to the Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 
725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503, Attention NHTSA Desk Officer.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Kathy Sifrit, Office of Behavioral 
Safety Research (NPD-320), 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: 
    Title: In-Vehicle Drowsiness Detection and Alerting.
    Type of Request: New information collection requirement.
    Abstract: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 
(NHTSA) is seeking approval to collect information from licensed young 
drivers for a one-time voluntary driving simulator study of the 
effectiveness of in-vehicle drowsiness detection and alerting systems 
that aim to reduce drowsy driving. NHTSA proposes to collect 
information from licensed young drivers to determine (1) their 
eligibility to participate in a study evaluating systems designed to 
detect and mitigate drowsy driving, (2) their driving performance 
during a simulated driving task to measure drowsiness mitigation system 
effectiveness, and (3) their opinions about the safety systems and 
their perceptions of the benefits. NHTSA will collect information about 
age, sex, driver license status, sleep and caffeine habits, and driving 
habits from an estimated 120 young drivers through a one-time, 
voluntary telephone interview to determine their eligibility for this 
study. NHTSA will then invite 85 qualified young drivers to report to 
the simulator to complete an informed consent form and other screening 
activities including a ten-minute practice drive in the simulator and 
an assessment of propensity for simulator sickness. NHTSA expects that 
75 young drivers will pass the screening and will report for the 
overnight study, which includes a four-hour drive in the simulator. 
This collection is solely reporting, and there are no record-keeping 
costs to the respondents. NHTSA will use the information to produce a 
technical report that presents the results of the study. The technical 
report will provide aggregate (summary) statistics and tables as well 
as the results of statistical analysis of the information, but it will 
not include any personal information. The technical report will be 
shared with vehicle manufacturers and suppliers as well as other 
stakeholders interested in improving traffic safety by decreasing 
drowsy driving. The total estimated burden for qualifying 120 
participants (30 hours), for screening 85 participants (85 hours) and 
for 75 participants to complete the study (713 hours) is 828 total 
hours.

Comments Are Invited 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 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. Section 3506(c)(2)(A).

    Issued in Washington, DC, on August 3, 2018.
Jeff Michael,
Associate Administrator, Research and Program Development.
[FR Doc. 2018-16950 Filed 8-7-18; 8:45 am]
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