Information Collection Activities: Submission for the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Review; Request for Comment

Jeffrey Michael
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
April 30, 2014

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 83 (Wednesday, April 30, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24493-24494]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-09839]


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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. chapter 35), 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 described 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 December 26, 2013 (Federal Register/Vol. 
78, No. 248/pp. 78504-78505).

DATES: Submit comments to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on 
or before May 30, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Kathy Sifrit, Contracting 
Officer's Technical Representative, Office of Behavioral Safety 
Research (NTI-132), 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 
kathy.sifrit@dot.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    OMB Control Number: 2127--New.
    Title: Mild Cognitive Impairment and Driving Performance.
    Form No.: NHTSA Form 1240.
    Type of Review: Regular.
    Respondents: Drivers age 60 and older who have responded to a 
solicitation for participation in a study of aging, cognition, and 
driving safety and have provided a phone number and/or email for 
contact.
    Estimated Number of Respondents: It is estimated that 90 telephone 
conversations will be conducted with respondents to descriptive 
solicitations, to yield 60 participants.
    Estimated Time per Response: The estimated time to respond to 
questions in the telephone conversations is 10 minutes for each 
telephone conversation with a respondent. If an Optional Task is 
funded, up to 30 of the initial 60 participants would be contacted 
monthly by phone for one year, at an estimated 10 minutes per call.
    Total Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 15 hours (without the Optional 
Task). The Optional Task total estimated annual burden is 60 hours.
    Frequency of Collection: Without the Optional Task, the questions 
will be presented a single time. The Optional Task will add 12 contacts 
per participant in which questions are presented.

Abstract

    Older adults comprise an increasing proportion of the (driving) 
population and there is concern about the effects of mild cognitive 
impairment (MCI) on driver performance and safety. MCI becomes more 
prevalent with advancing age. The objective of this project is to 
document differences in driving performance and exposure between 
participants with MCI and a comparison group of cognitively normal 
drivers of similar age. The National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration (NHTSA) proposes to collect information from licensed 
older drivers about their driving habits in order to determine whether 
they are eligible to participate in a study of the effects of mild 
cognitive impairment on driving performance. Drivers will volunteer for 
the study by responding to a mailed or individually delivered 
solicitation. Researchers will ask drivers a brief (<10 minutes) series 
of questions to determine eligibility to participate in the study, then 
describe the proposed study to respondents who qualify. Each driver who 
meets study inclusion criteria will then be asked if he or she wishes 
to participate. If yes, a project assistant will ask for a description 
of the car in order to identify it and install a data collection system 
that will collect all remaining data necessary for the study. The 
questions will allow research staff to ensure that prospective 
participants meet study inclusion criteria and facilitate installing 
data collection instruments in each participant's vehicle. The findings 
from this study will help clinicians to identify and intervene when a 
client with dementia begins to exhibit potentially risky driving 
behaviors. NHTSA will use the information to develop recommendations to 
health care providers and to the public regarding when the progression 
of a condition causing cognitive impairment results in the need to 
transition from driving, with the ultimate goal of reducing injuries 
and loss of life on the highway.

ADDRESSES: Send comments regarding the burden estimate, including 
suggestions for reducing the burden, 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.
    Comments Are Invited On: 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; the accuracy of the Department's estimate 
of the burden of the proposed information collection; ways to enhance 
the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be collected; 
and 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 25, 2014.
Jeff Michael,
Associate Administrator, Research and Program Development.
[FR Doc. 2014-09839 Filed 4-29-14; 8:45 am]
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