[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 40 (Tuesday, March 2, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9474-9475]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-4194]
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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), DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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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 below has been forwarded to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR
describes the nature of the information collection and the expected
burden. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period was
published on March 20, 2009 (74 FR 11992-11993).
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 1, 2010.
ADDRESSES: Send 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: Randolph Atkins, Ph.D., Office of
Behavioral Safety Research, National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, NTI-131, Room W46-500, 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE.,
Washington, DC 20590. Dr. Atkins' phone number is 202-366-5597 and his
e-mail address is [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: National Survey of Speeding Attitudes and Behavior: 2010.
Type of Request: New information collection requirement.
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Abstract: Data from previous studies by the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has shown that 31 percent of all
fatal crashes are directly traceable to excessive speed. In 2008,
11,674 people died in excessive speed-related crashes. The cost of
these crashes is approximately 40 billion dollars per year. Surveys of
drivers' attitudes toward speeding have demonstrated a strong
correlation between drivers' attitudes towards speeding and other
driving behaviors and actual traffic outcomes. Models based on self-
reported measures of intentions and attitudes are used to predict
traffic behaviors and design interventions to reduce speeding and other
hazardous traffic actions. Some of these models stress the importance
of attitude, habits and the interaction of habit with intention.
NHTSA proposes to conduct a 2010 National Survey of Speeding
Attitudes and Behavior by telephone among a sample of 6,000 adults (age
16 and older). NHTSA's information needs require a telephone survey of
a national probability sample of drivers in the United States that will
provide insight into why drivers speed and which methods of enforcement
would discourage them from speeding. The questionnaire will contain
items on the extent to which drivers speed, demographic and typological
descriptions of speeders, locations and times when speeding is most
frequent, attitudes and perceptions about speeding, reasons and
motivations for speeding, knowledge of measures to deter speeding,
attitudes towards measures to deter speeding, and correlates of
speeding behavior. In conducting the proposed survey, the interviewers
would use computer-assisted telephone interviewing to reduce interview
length and minimize recording errors. A Spanish-language translation
and bilingual interviewers would be used to minimize language barriers
to participation. The proposed survey is the third in the series, which
began in 1997. The 2010 survey will repeat many questions from previous
surveys in order to monitor changes over time, and will also include
new questions on emerging speed-related technologies.
Affected Public: Randomly selected members of the general public
age 16 and older, including those in landline telephone households as
well as those who primarily or exclusive use a cellular phone.
Participation by all respondents would be voluntary and anonymous.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 2,005 hours (15 pretest interviews
averaging 20 minutes per interview, followed by 6,000 interviews
administered to the final survey sample averaging 20 minutes per
interview).
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 agency'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.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. Section 3506(c)(2)(A).
Jeff Michael,
Associate Administrator, Research and Program Development.
[FR Doc. 2010-4194 Filed 3-1-10; 8:45 am]
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