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Jeff Michael
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
17 July 2017
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 135 (Monday, July 17, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32758-32759]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-14931]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[U.S. DOT Docket No. NHTSA-2017-0052]
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, 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 the collection of information for which NHTSA
intends to seek OMB approval.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before September 15, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket Number
NHTSA-2017-0052 using any of the following methods:
Electronic submissions: Go to http://www.regulations.gov. Follow
the online instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Docket Management Facility, M-30, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building Ground Floor,
Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590.
Hand Delivery: West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday
through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Fax: 1-202-493-2251.
Each submission must include the agency name and the docket number
for this notice. Note that all comments received will be posted without
change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal
information provided.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathy J. Sifrit, Contracting Officer's
Representative, Office of Behavioral Safety Research (NPD-320),
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue
SE., W46-466, Washington, DC 20590. Dr. Sifrit's phone number is 202-
366-0868, and her email address is kathy.sifrit@dot.gov.
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: Visual Scanning Training for Older Drivers.
Type of Request: New information collection.
OMB Clearance Number: None.
Form Number: NHTSA Forms 1400, 1401 and 1402.
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 licensed older drivers to determine (1) their eligibility to
participate in a study of the effectiveness of a visual scanning
training protocol to improve driving safety, (2) their attitudes about
the training procedures and their perceptions of its benefits, and (3)
the driving performance during on-road evaluations to measure training
effectiveness.
Study participation will be voluntary and solicited through
informational sessions delivered by a research team member to residents
of a continuing care retirement community. The administrator of the
host facility will post notices describing the presentation. During the
presentation, attendees will be invited to join the research study.
Those who indicate an interest in participating will be asked their age
and four screening questions to determine their eligibility for the
study. A research team member will make appointments to answer any
questions participants may have about the study, to obtain their
signatures on an informed consent agreement approved by an
Institutional Review Board (IRB), and to check for color vision and
binocular vision limitations.
Consented study participants will be randomly assigned within age
and gender categories to either participation in the visual scanning
training program (four one-on-one training sessions of one-hour each)
or to a control (placebo) activity for the same amount of time. All
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participants will also undergo three one-hour on-road evaluations by a
Certified Driver Rehabilitation Specialist (CDRS) over the course of
the study. The CDRS will provide instructions to the driver about what
route to follow and will score driving performance using standard
procedures and criteria that are broadly accepted in the profession.
Following the second and third evaluations, each study participant will
receive a $100 gift card as compensation for participation for a total
value of $200 per participant.
Audio recordings of the scanning training sessions will be made,
and any comments about the training offered by participants will be
noted by research staff during review of the recordings. After
completing visual scanning training, participants will complete a brief
questionnaire to determine whether they believe the training will help
them to be a safer driver, whether they would recommend the training to
friends or relatives, and what they would pay for such training.
Description of the Need for the Information and Proposed Use of the
Information--NHTSA was established to reduce the 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
traffic safety programs.
Older adults comprise an increasing proportion of the licensed
population, and exposure-based analyses of crash risk have consistently
shown increased rates of involvement for drivers as they age into their
70's and beyond. Further, these crash risk studies have identified
particular situations where older drivers are most at risk. These
situations often require significant visual search and attention, such
as maneuvers at intersections and in merging situations.
As the effect of this age-related decline in visual search and
attention on safe driving abilities has become better understood,
researchers have developed different strategies and techniques to
ameliorate it. The visual scanning training protocol that is the focus
of this study was designed to be delivered by a generalist occupational
therapist (OT). The OT would conduct the one-on-one sessions in a
clinical setting, targeting visual field expansion, simultaneous
processing of multiple visual stimuli, and ocular skill (visual search
routine) exercises. NHTSA's study ``Validation of Rehabilitation
Training Programs for Older Drivers'' (DOT HS 811 749; April 2013)
provided a preliminary analysis of the training's effectiveness. While
these results were encouraging, the research team concluded that
widespread promotion of this intervention would require additional
evidence.
Following efforts to refine and streamline the training protocol, a
larger sample of healthy older drivers will receive the updated
training program. The study will measure effectiveness of the training
by comparison of CDRS road test scores to a control group while also
gauging drivers' attitudes and perceptions about the training
experience. The original training program developer and supporting
research team will direct and perform this study.
Description of the Likely Respondents (Including Estimated Number,
and Proposed Frequency of Response to the Collection of Information)--
Responds will be residents of a continuing care retirement community.
Residents interested in participating will be excluded if they have
been advised to alter or restrict driving by a physician/health care
professional; if they require use of any adaptive vehicle controls
(e.g., hand controls or left foot accelerator); if they have color
vision problems; or if they do not hold a valid driver's license. We
anticipate screening 135 residents to recruit 90 older drivers for the
study with 60 between the ages of 70 and 79 and 30 ages 80 or older. A
roughly equal distribution of males and females will be sought within
each age cohort. Overall, 45 older drivers will be randomly assigned to
the treatment group (visual scanning training protocol) and 45 to the
control (placebo) group (internet search strategies for locating
information and resources to improve driving safety).
The screening of the estimated 135 respondents will occur once. The
response to informed consent and check for vision limitations for the
90 participants occurs just once, but the study requires participation
in the subsequent four training sessions and three on-road driving
evaluations. The 45 participants who received the training will
complete a brief one-time questionnaire about attitudes and beliefs
about the training program administered at the end of the training
protocol.
Estimate of the Total Annual Reporting and Record Keeping Burden
Resulting from the Collection of Information--The total estimated
burden for this information collection is 689 hours and 15 minutes. The
estimated 135 post-presentation sign-up interactions to learn the age
of interested candidates and ask the questions about exclusion criteria
will average 3 minutes in length for an estimated total burden of 6
hours and 45 minutes. All of the 90 participants will attend a 30-
minute meeting to obtain informed consent and check for color and
binocular vision limitations, four one-hour training sessions, and
three one-hour on-road evaluations for an estimated total burden of 675
hours. The 45 treatment group participants also will be asked to
complete a ten-minute questionnaire to collect attitudes and beliefs
about the visual scanning training protocol for a total estimated
burden of 7 hours and 30 minutes. Participants will incur no costs from
the data collection, and participants will incur no record keeping
burden and no record keeping cost from the information collection.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. Section 3506(c)(2)(A).
Issued in Washington, DC on July 7, 2017.
Jeff Michael,
Associate Administrator, Research and Program Development.
[FR Doc. 2017-14931 Filed 7-14-17; 8:45 am]
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