[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 73 (Friday, April 15, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21422-21423]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-9130]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[U.S. DOT Docket No. NHTSA-2011-0046]
Reports, Forms, and Record Keeping Requirements
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.
ACTION: Request for public comment on proposed collection of
information.
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SUMMARY: Before a Federal agency can collect certain information from
the public, it must receive approval from the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB). Under procedures established by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), before seeking OMB approval,
Federal agencies must solicit public comment on proposed collections of
information, including extensions and reinstatements of previously
approved collections.
This document describes an Information Collection Request (ICR) for
which NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 14, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to the U.S. Department of
Transportation Dockets, 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., Washington, DC
20590. You may also submit comments electronically at http://www.regulations.gov. All comments should refer to the Docket No. NHTSA-
2011-0046.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jessica Cicchino, PhD, Contracting
Officer's Technical Representative, Office of Behavioral Safety
Research (NTI-131), National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,
1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., W46-491, Washington, DC, 20590. Dr.
Cicchino's phone number is 202-366-2752 and her e-mail address is
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,
before an agency submits a proposed collection of information to OMB
for approval, it must publish a document in the Federal Register
providing a 60-day comment period and otherwise consult with members of
the public and affected agencies concerning each proposed collection of
information. The OMB has promulgated regulations describing what must
be included in such a document. Under OMB's regulations (at 5 CFR
1320.8(d)), an agency must ask for public comment 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 collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(iii) How to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
(iv) How 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, e.g., permitting electronic
submission of responses.
In compliance with these requirements, NHTSA asks public comment on
the following proposed collection of information:
Title: Evaluation of Impaired Riding Interventions.
Type of Request: New information collection request.
OMB Clearance Number: None.
Form Number: This collection of information uses no standard forms.
Requested Expiration Date of Approval: 3 years from date of
approval.
Summary of the Collection of Information: The National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) proposes to collect information
from the public to evaluate intervention programs in multiple locations
designed to reduce impaired motorcycle riding. NHTSA anticipates that
the programs will take place over the 2012 riding season. In-person
interviews will be conducted with motorcycle riders in up to 4 program
sites, and in up to 2 control sites not carrying out an intervention.
Motorcycle riders will be interviewed at locations within the sites
where riders congregate. Interview length will average 5 minutes and
will collect information on attitudes, awareness, knowledge, and
behavior related to the intervention.
The interviews will follow a pre-post design where they are
administered prior to the implementation of the intervention and after
its conclusion. Up
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to 2 waves of program activity are planned in each program site, and
thus interviews will be administered a maximum of 4 times in each site
(before and after each of 2 program waves). Sample size will be up to
500 riders per interview administration, for a total maximum of 12,000
riders.
For interventions where a pre-post design would not be possible
(i.e., interventions that are conducted in conjunction with an
infrequently-occurring event), the interviews will follow a test-
control design where they are administered during the intervention in
the program site, and in a control site that did not experience an
intervention. The proposed interviews will be anonymous. Participation
by respondents will be voluntary.
Need and Use of Information: The National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA) was established to reduce the mounting number of
deaths, injuries, and economic losses resulting from motor vehicle
crashes on the Nation's highways. As part of this statutory mandate,
NHTSA is authorized to conduct research as a foundation for the
development of motor vehicle standards and traffic safety programs.
The heavy toll that impaired driving exacts on the Nation in
fatalities, injuries, and economic costs is well documented. Impaired
motorcycle riding has also been an increasing concern on our Nation's
roads. Motorcycle fatalities in the US decreased in 2009 for the first
time after steadily increasing for 11 years; however, even with this
decline, the number of motorcycle fatalities in 2009 was nearly double
that from a decade earlier. Alcohol impairment is a factor that
contributes to a substantial proportion of fatal motorcycle crashes. In
2009, 30% of motorcycle riders fatally injured in crashes had a blood
alcohol concentration (BAC) at or above .08 g/dL, which is per se
evidence of impaired riding in all States. Forty-two percent of riders
who died in single-vehicle crashes in 2009, and 63% of riders who died
in single-vehicle crashes on weekend nights, had a BAC of .08 g/dL or
higher.
In 2012, NHTSA anticipates sponsoring demonstration projects in
multiple sites to conduct interventions with the purpose of reducing
impaired motorcycle riding. NHTSA plans to evaluate these interventions
to determine their effectiveness. A key component of this evaluation
effort will use brief interviews to assess motorcycle riders' knowledge
of the intervention, self-reported drinking and riding behavior, and
belief that alcohol-impaired driving laws are enforced for all
motorists, including motorcycle riders in the areas in which the
interventions will occur.
The findings from this proposed collection of information will
assist NHTSA in addressing the problem of alcohol-impaired motorcycle
riding. NHTSA will use the findings to help focus current programs and
activities to achieve the greatest benefit, to develop new programs to
decrease the likelihood of impaired riding, and to provide
informational support to States, localities, and law enforcement
agencies that will aid them in their efforts to reduce impaired
motorcycle crashes.
Description of the Likely Respondents (Including Estimated Number,
and Proposed Frequency of Response to the Collection of Information):
Under this proposed effort, NHTSA intends to conduct up to 12,000 face-
to-face interviews with motorcycle riders. Interview length will
average 5 minutes, and each member of the sample would complete one
interview. Businesses would be ineligible for the sample and would not
be interviewed. Interviews will be conducted in a maximum of 4
demonstration sites and 2 control sites, with up to 4 interview
administrations occurring in each site (baseline and post-intervention
surveys before and after each of 2 program waves). Up to 500 motorcycle
riders will be interviewed at each site during each interview
administration.
Estimate of the Total Annual Reporting and Record Keeping Burden
Resulting from the Collection of Information: NHTSA estimates the
respondents in the sample will require an average of 5 minutes to
complete the interviews. Thus, for the 12,000 respondents, the
estimated reporting burden hours on the general public will be a
maximum of 1,000 hours, over one year. The respondents will not incur
any record-keeping burden or record-keeping cost from the information
collection.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A).
Jeffrey Michael,
Associate Administrator, Research and Program Development.
[FR Doc. 2011-9130 Filed 4-14-11; 8:45 am]
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