Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; National Survey of Speeding Attitudes and Behaviors |
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Nanda Narayanan Srinivasan
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
31 December 2020
[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 251 (Thursday, December 31, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 86980-86983]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-28904]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA-2020-0008]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; National
Survey of Speeding Attitudes and Behaviors
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for comments on a reinstatement with
modification of a previously approved collection of information.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA),
this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR)
abstracted 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. The ICR is for a
reinstatement with modification of a previously approved collection of
information for a one-time voluntary survey regarding knowledge,
attitudes, and behaviors associated with speeding. A Federal Register
notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting public comments on the
following information collection was published on August 3, 2020. NHTSA
received two comments, which we address below.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before February 1, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection, including suggestions for reducing burden,
should be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget at
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. To find this particular information
collection, select ``Currently under Review--Open for Public Comment''
or use the search function. Comments may also be sent by mail 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 oira_submission@omb.eop.gov, or
fax: 202-395-5806.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or access
to background documents, contact Kristie Johnson, Ph.D., Office of
Behavioral Safety Research (NPD-310), National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, W46-498, Washington, DC
20590. Dr. Johnson's phone number is 202-366-2755, and her email
address is kristie.johnson@dot.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), before a Federal agency can collect
certain information from the public, it must receive approval from the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB). In compliance with these
requirements, this notice announces that the following information
collection request has been forwarded to OMB.
A Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting
public comments on the following information collection was published
on August 3, 2020 (Federal Register/Vol. 85, No. 149/pp. 46782-46786).
NHTSA received two comments. Sarah Smoak provided comments supportive
of the proposed information collection. An anonymous commenter provided
remarks about the COVID-19 pandemic with no mention of the proposed
survey or traffic safety.
Comments on the proposed information collection are appreciated.
Thank you to Ms. Smoak for providing thoughtful commentary as to the
importance of conducting the National Survey of Speeding Attitudes and
Behaviors. This included using the data to be able to formulate plans,
procedures, and countermeasures to have positive impacts on the public
by reducing speed-related deaths. Ms. Smoak also appreciates that the
periodic surveys help track behavioral changes related to speeding.
Title: National Survey of Speeding Attitudes and Behaviors.
OMB Control Number: 2127-0613.
Form Numbers: NHTSA Form 1538, NHTSA Form 1539, NHTSA Form 1544,
NHTSA Form 1545, NHTSA Form 1546.
Type of Information Collection Request: Reinstatement with
modification of a previously approved information collection (OMB
Control No. 2127-0613).
Type of Review Requested: Regular.
Requested Expiration Date of Approval: 3 years from date of
approval.
Respondents: Random sample of U.S. adults (18 years old and older)
who drive a motor vehicle.
Summary of the Collection of Information: NHTSA is seeking approval
to conduct a National Survey of Speeding Attitudes and Behaviors by web
and mail among a national probability sample of 7,013 adult drivers
(and 152 adult drivers for a pilot survey), age 18 and older.
Participation by respondents would be voluntary. Survey topics would
include the extent to which drivers speed, drivers' attitudes and
perceptions about speeding, reasons and motivations for speeding, and
knowledge and attitudes towards countermeasure strategies to deter
speeding.
In conducting the proposed research, the survey would use computer-
assisted web interviewing (i.e., a programmed, self-administered web
survey) to minimize recording errors, as well as optical mark
recognition and image scanning for the paper and pencil survey to
facilitate ease of use and data accuracy. A Spanish-language survey
option would be used to minimize language barriers to participation.
Surveys would be conducted with respondents using an address-based
sampling design that encourages respondents to complete the survey
online. Although web would be the primary data collection mode, a paper
questionnaire would be sent to households that do not respond to the
web invitations. The proposed survey would be anonymous and the survey
would not collect any personal information. This collection only
requires respondents to report their answers; there are no record-
keeping costs to the respondents.
Description of the Need for the Information and Proposed Use of the
Information:
NHTSA was established to reduce 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 for the development of traffic safety programs. Title 23,
United States Code, Section 403 gives the Secretary of Transportation
(NHTSA by delegation) authorization to use funds appropriated to
conduct research and development activities, including demonstration
projects and the collection and analysis of highway and motor vehicle
safety data and related information, with
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respect to all aspects of highway and traffic safety systems and
conditions relating to vehicle, highway, driver, passenger,
motorcyclist, bicyclist, and pedestrian characteristics; accident
causation and investigations; and human behavioral factors and their
effect on highway and traffic safety.
Traffic crashes are complex. Often, they involve multiple
contributing factors, with speeding as one of the primary factors
leading to a crash. Speeding-related crashes--defined as racing,
exceeding the speed limit, or driving too fast for conditions \1\--
resulted in 26% of all crash fatalities in 2018,\2\ a percentage that
has largely remained the same over the last 20 years despite national,
State, and local efforts to address the speeding problem. In 2010,
speeding-related crashes were estimated to result in $52 billion in
economic costs and $203 billion in comprehensive costs.\3\ Speeding is
especially dangerous because it reduces the driver's ability to
maneuver around obstacles in a timely manner, increases the distance a
vehicle requires to stop, and increases the severity of injuries.\4\
This stalled progress suggests that new countermeasures that differ
from typical enforcement and engineering efforts may be needed to
reduce speeding deaths. An interdisciplinary approach involving
engineering, enforcement, and education is needed to change drivers'
speeding behavior, thereby reducing speeding-related crashes,
fatalities and injuries. To design interventions and countermeasure
strategies that are likely to lead to behavior change, NHTSA requires
up-to-date information on which drivers are speeding, their attitudes,
perceptions, and motivations, as well as what countermeasures are most
likely to reduce their speeding behavior. It is important to focus
studies on factors underlying behaviors such as attitudes or
perceptions of norms that are changeable.
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\1\ National Center for Statistics and Analysis. (2007).
Speeding: 2006 data (Traffic Safety Facts. DOT HS 810 814).
Retrieved from the NHTSA website: https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/810814.
\2\ National Center for Statistics and Analysis. (2019,
December). Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS): 2018 Annual
Report File (ARF) custom query. Retrieved from the NHTSA website:
https://cdan.dot.gov/query.
\3\ Blincoe, L.J., Miller, T.R. Zaloshnja, E., & Lawrence, B.A.
(2015, May). The economic and societal impact of motor vehicle
crashes, 2010. (Revised.) (Report No. DOT HS 812 013). Retrieved
from the NHTSA website: https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/812013.
\4\ National Center for Statistics and Analysis. (2007).
Speeding: 2006 data (Traffic Safety Facts. DOT HS 810 814).
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NHTSA has conducted the National Survey of Speeding Attitudes and
Behaviors on three previous occasions--first in 1997, again in 2002,
and most recently in 2011. In the 2021 survey, NHTSA intends to examine
the extent to which drivers' speed, who the speeders are, when and why
drivers speed, and what countermeasures are most acceptable and
effective in reducing speeding. Furthermore, NHTSA plans to assess
whether self-reported behaviors, attitudes, and perceptions regarding
speeding and associated countermeasure strategies have changed over
time since the administration of the prior three national surveys. The
2021 survey will also include new questions on emerging speed-related
technologies. The findings from this proposed information collection
will assist NHTSA in designing, targeting, and implementing programs
intended to reduce speed on the roadways and to provide data to States,
localities, and law enforcement agencies that will aid in their efforts
to reduce speed-related crashes and injuries.
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
personally identifiable information (PII). The technical report will be
shared with State highway offices, local governments, and those who
develop traffic safety communications that aim to reduce speed-related
crashes.
Frequency of Collection: The study will be conducted one time
during the three-year period for which NHTSA is requesting approval.
This study is part of a tracking and trending study to measure changes
over time. The last study was administered in 2011.
Respondents: Participants will be U.S. adults (18 years old and
older) who drive a motor vehicle. Businesses are ineligible for the
sample and would not be interviewed.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 7,165.
Participation in this study will be voluntary, with 7,013
participants sampled from all 50 States and the District of Columbia
using address data from the most recent U.S. Postal Service (USPS)
computerized Delivery Sequence File (DSF) of residential addresses. An
estimated 20,600 households will be contacted and have the study
described to them. No more than one respondent will be selected per
household.
Prior to the main survey, a pilot survey will be administered to
test the survey and the mailing protocol and procedures. Participation
in this study will be voluntary, with 152 participants sampled from all
50 States and the District of Columbia using address data from the most
recent U.S. Postal Service (USPS) computerized Delivery Sequence File
(DSF) of residential addresses. An estimated 444 households will be
contacted and have the study described to them. No more than one
respondent will be selected per household.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: NHTSA estimates the total
burden of this information collection by estimating the burden to those
that NHTSA contacts who do not respond (non-responders), those that
NHTSA contacts who respond but are ineligible (ineligible respondents),
and those who respond and are eligible for participation (eligible
respondents or actual participants). The estimated time to contact
20,600 potential participants (actual participants, ineligible
respondents, and non-responders) for the survey and 444 potential
participants (actual participants, ineligible respondents, and non-
responders) for the pilot is one minute per person per contact attempt.
Contact attempts will be made in five waves with fewer potential
participants contacted each subsequent wave. NHTSA estimates that 7,221
people will respond to the survey request and 156 will respond to the
pilot. Of those, NHTSA estimates that nearly 3% will be ineligible
because they are not drivers or are under 18 years old, resulting in
208 respondents to the survey and 4 respondents to the pilot who are
ineligible. The estimated time to contact and screen 208 ineligible
survey participants and 4 ineligible pilot participants is three
minutes per person. The estimated time to contact and complete the
survey for 7,013 participants and 152 pilot participants is 21 minutes
per person. Details of the burden hours for each wave in the pilot and
full survey are included in Tables 1 and 2 below.
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Table 1--Estimated Total Burden for Pilot Survey
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Estimated
burden per
Wave Contacts Participant type sample unit Sample units Burden (hours) Total burden
(minutes)
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Wave 1 (Initial Invitation--NHTSA Form 444 Contacted potential 1 391 7 26
1544). participant--Non-respondent.
Screened out participant-- 3 2 1
Ineligible respondent.
Recruited participant-- 21 51 18
Eligible respondent.
Wave 2 (Reminder Postcard #1--NHTSA Form 391 Contacted potential 1 356 6 19
1546). participant--Non-respondent.
Screened out participant-- 3 0 0
Ineligible respondent.
Recruited participant-- 21 35 13
Eligible respondent.
Wave 3 (1st Survey Mailing--NHTSA Forms 356 Contacted potential 1 313 6 22
1538, 1545). participant--Non-respondent.
Screened out participant-- 3 2 1
Ineligible respondent.
Recruited participant-- 21 41 15
Eligible respondent.
Wave 4 (Reminder Postcard #2--NHTSA Form 314 Contacted potential 1 298 5 11
1546). participant--Non-respondent.
Screened out participant-- 3 0 0
Ineligible respondent.
Recruited participant-- 21 16 6
Eligible respondent.
Wave 5 (2nd Survey Mailing--NHTSA Forms 298 Contacted potential 1 289 5 9
1538, 1545). participant--Non-respondent.
Screened out participant-- 3 0 0
Ineligible respondent.
Recruited participant-- 21 9 4
Eligible respondent.
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Table 2--Estimated Total Burden for Full Survey
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Estimated
burden per
Wave Contacts Participant type sample unit Sample units Burden (hours) Total burden
(minutes)
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Wave 1 (Initial Invitation--NHTSA Form 20,600 Contacted potential 1 18,130 303 1,147
1544). participant--Non-respondent.
Screened out participant-- 3 72 4
Ineligible respondent.
Recruited participant-- 21 2,398 840
Eligible respondent.
Wave 2 (Reminder Postcard #1--NHTSA Form 18,130 Contacted potential 1 16,498 275 833
1546). participant--Non-respondent.
Screened out participant-- 3 47 3
Ineligible respondent.
Recruited participant-- 21 1,585 555
Eligible respondent.
Wave 3 (1st Survey Mailing--NHTSA Forms 16,498 Contacted potential 1 14,518 242 919
1538, 1545). participant--Non-respondent.
Screened out participant-- 3 57 3
Ineligible respondent.
Recruited participant-- 21 1,923 674
Eligible respondent.
Wave 4 (Reminder Postcard #2--NHTSA Form 14,519 Contacted potential 1 13,793 230 479
1546). participant--Non-respondent.
Screened out participant-- 3 21 2
Ineligible respondent.
Recruited participant-- 21 705 247
Eligible respondent.
Wave 5 (2nd Survey Mailing--NHTSA Forms 13,793 Contacted potential 1 13,379 223 365
1538, 1545). participant--Non-respondent.
Screened out participant-- 3 12 1
Ineligible respondent.
Recruited participant-- 21 402 141
Eligible respondent.
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Total................................. .............. ............................ .............. .............. .............. 3,743
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When rounded up to the nearest whole hour for each data collection
effort, the total estimated annual burden is 3,830 hours for the
project activities.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost: Participation in this study is
voluntary,
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and there are no costs to respondents beyond the time spent completing
the questionnaires.
Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspects of
this information collection, including (a) 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; (b) the accuracy of the
agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed information collection,
including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used; (c)
ways to enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents, 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.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C.
Chapter 35, as amended; 49 CFR 1.49; and DOT Order 1351.29.
Issued in Washington, DC.
Nanda Narayanan Srinivasan,
Associate Administrator, Research and Program Development.
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