83 FR 23336 - Reports, Forms, and Record Keeping Requirements

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 97 (May 18, 2018)

Page Range		23336-23337
FR Document		2018-10633

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.

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[U.S. DOT Docket No. NHTSA-2018-0057]


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 July 17, 2018.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket Number 
NHTSA-2018-0057 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.
    Instructions: 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: Dr. Kathy Sifrit, Contracting 
Officer's Representative, Office of Behavioral Safety Research (NPD-
320), National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey 
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. Dr. Sifrit's phone number is 202-366-
0868, and her email 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: Hazard Perception and Distracted Driving Training 
Intervention for Teens.
    Type of Request: New information collection.
    OMB Clearance Number: None.
    Requested Expiration Date of Approval: Three years from date of 
approval.
    Summary of the Collection of Information: The National Highway 
Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) proposes to collect information 
from licensed teen drivers for a one-time voluntary study to evaluate 
Risk Awareness and Perception Training (RAPT), a hazard perception and 
distracted driving training intervention for teens to improve driving 
safety. NHTSA proposes to collect information from newly-licensed teen 
drivers to determine (1) their eligibility to participate in a study to 
evaluate RAPT hazard perception training; (2) their hazard perception 
performance before and after they complete RAPT or placebo training, 
and again six months after training; and (3) their driving exposure via 
driving logs to account for potential differences across participants. 
In addition, participants will agree to allow researchers to access 
their crash and citation records for the first six months of driving to 
support analyses of the effects of RAPT training on crash and citation 
rates.
    These data will be analyzed to determine (1) whether, during the 
first six months of driving, new drivers who complete RAPT training 
have fewer crashes or traffic violations on their driving records than 
comparison group members who receive placebo training, (2) when they do 
crash, is there a difference in severity and at-fault between drivers 
who took RAPT training versus those who received placebo training, (3) 
is there a difference in driving exposure between those who

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did and did not crash, and (4) is there an interaction between sex and 
training group as measured by crashes or crash type.
    NHTSA will provide recruiting letters to an estimated 15,000 newly 
licensed drivers ages 16 through 19. Participation will be voluntary 
and solicited through the distribution of recruiting letters at 
Department of Motor Vehicle locations (DMVs) when new drivers obtain 
their license. The letter will contain the information a teen and their 
guardian(s) need to make an informed decision about participating in 
this study. Consent will be obtained through an informed consent 
agreement approved by an Institutional Review Board (IRB).
    Consented study participants will be randomly assigned within age 
(16, 17, 18 or 19 years) and sex categories to either participation in 
the RAPT or the placebo condition. Participants in the RAPT condition 
will complete the training protocol, which will include questions about 
their driving exposure and crash/offence history in addition to hazard 
recognition training. Those in the placebo condition will view a 
vehicle maintenance video and respond to the same driving exposure and 
crash/offence history questions. The RAPT training protocol is a 
computerized training tool. Data regarding hazard perception skills 
before and after the training will be captured as part of the 
computerized program. Participants will also be invited to complete a 
six month follow up test to see whether they retained the RAPT 
training. The initial letter invitation will include a two-dollar 
incentive. Participants who complete the first test will receive five 
dollars, and those who complete the six month follow up will receive an 
additional ten dollars. A subsample of participants will also be asked 
to complete a trip log to record driving exposure, for which they will 
receive another ten dollars.
    Background: The mission of the National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration (NHTSA) is to save lives, prevent injuries and reduce 
economic costs due to motor vehicle crashes. In support of this 
mission, NHTSA's Office of Behavioral Safety Research studies behaviors 
and attitudes in highway safety, focusing on drivers, passengers, 
pedestrians, and motorcyclists, and it uses the results to develop and 
refine countermeasures to deter unsafe behaviors and promote safe 
alternatives. The safety of teen drivers is of particular concern. In 
2016 there were 1,908 young drivers 15 to 20 years old who died in 
motor vehicle crashes. Nine percent of all drivers involved in fatal 
crashes in 2016 were 15 to 20 years old, but these drivers only 
accounted for 5.4 percent of the total number of licensed drivers. In 
addition, motor vehicle traffic crashes were the leading cause of death 
for youth (16 to 20) in 2015.
    Description of the Need for the Information and Proposed Use of the 
Information: Exposure-based analyses of crash risk have consistently 
shown that teens have an elevated crash risk. Further, crash risk 
studies have identified that the lack of skills among teen drivers, 
notably a limited ability to identify unexpected hazards on the road, 
is one reason teen driver crash rates are so high. Previous evaluations 
of RAPT have shown promise in terms of a training effect among teens. A 
2017 NHTSA study showed RAPT training using software similar to that 
proposed for the current study improved hazard detection in on-road 
driving (DOT HS 812 379). A 2016 NHTSA evaluation of the effects of 
RAPT on teen drivers' crashes in California, however, produced mixed 
results (DOT HS 812 235). Crash analyses did not show an overall main 
effect of the program but there was a significant effect for males. 
Trained males had a 24% lower crash rate relative to the male 
comparison group. There was no significant difference in females' crash 
rates. While the results from the California study were encouraging, 
promotion of this intervention requires additional evidence of 
effectiveness in reducing crash risk.
    Data Collection Plan: Respondents will be drivers aged 16 to 19 who 
received their provisional or unrestricted licenses (first licenses) 
within the previous two weeks. Participants will be recruited within 
two weeks of obtaining this license. Exclusion criteria are: Driver 
received a provisional or first license more than two weeks ago; driver 
is newly licensed but 20 years old or older; driver's parents do not 
consent to inclusion of child in the study; driver is not able to 
communicate in English; driver is not available for six-month follow-up 
retest; driver is not planning on driving at least one trip per week; 
driver has already received other hazard perception training. A roughly 
equal distribution of males and females will be recruited within each 
age cohort. Overall, 15,000 teens will be invited to participate in the 
first jurisdiction; we expect 7,500 to agree to participate. Of those, 
half will be randomly assigned to the treatment condition (RAPT 
training) and the other half to the placebo condition (vehicle 
maintenance video). To bolster the evaluation research design, we will 
invite another 5,000 teens from a second jurisdiction to participate in 
the placebo condition, and expect half of this group to agree. This 
``external'' evaluation component will help rule out alternative 
explanations in outcomes that are not associated with the RAPT 
training.
    The initial invitation letter will be presented to 15,000 teens in 
the first jurisdiction and 5,000 teens in the second. Teens and their 
guardian(s) are expected to take an average of 2 minutes each to review 
the letter, including study inclusion criteria, for a total of 2,000 
hours (up to three respondents reviewing each letter). We expect to 
recruit 10,000 participants (half of the 20,000 invitees). Teens who 
agree to participate in the study are expected to spend 45 minutes 
reading and signing the informed consent and completing the data 
collection and training protocol for a total of 7,500 hours. A 
subsample of 2,000 (of the 10,000) participants will also be asked to 
complete a one-week trip log. Completing the trip log will take an 
estimated 5 minutes per day or 35 minutes per week for a total of 1,167 
hours. Finally, 7,500 (of the 10,000) participants will be asked to 
complete the six-month follow-up test lasting 15 minutes for a total of 
1,875 hours.
    Estimate of the Total Annual Reporting and Record Keeping Burden 
Resulting from the Collection of Information: The total estimated 
burden for recruitment (2,000 hours), the initial training and data 
collection (7,500 hours), the trip log (1,167 hours) and the follow-up 
data collection (1,875) is 12,542 hours.

    Authority: 44 U.S.C. Section 3506(c)(2)(A).

    Issued in Washington, DC on May 15, 2018.
Jeff Michael,
Associate Administrator, Research and Program Development.
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the project’s performance using (OMB). Under procedures established (ii) The accuracy of the agency’s
measures mutually agreed upon by FRA by the Paperwork Reduction Act of estimate of the burden of the proposed
and the grantee to assess progress in 1995, before seeking OMB approval, collection of information, including the
achieving strategic goals and objectives. Federal agencies must solicit public validity of the methodology and
comment on proposed collections of assumptions used;
G. Federal Awarding Agency Contacts (iii) How to enhance the quality,
information, including extensions and
For further information regarding this reinstatements of previously approved utility, and clarity of the information to
notice and the grants program, please collections. This document describes be collected; and
contact Ms. Amy Houser, Office of the collection of information for which (iv) How to minimize the burden of
Program Delivery, Federal Railroad NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval. the collection of information on those
Administration, 1200 New Jersey DATES: Comments must be received on who are to respond, including the use
Avenue SE, Room W36–412, or before July 17, 2018. of appropriate automated, electronic,
Washington, DC 20590; email: mechanical, or other technological
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
amy.houser@dot.gov; phone: 202–493– collection techniques or other forms of
identified by DOT Docket Number
0303. information technology, e.g., permitting
NHTSA–2018–0057 using any of the
electronic submission of responses.
H. Other Information following methods: In compliance with these
All information submitted as part of Electronic submissions: Go to http://
requirements, NHTSA asks public
or in support of any application shall www.regulations.gov. Follow the online
comment on the following proposed
use publicly available data or data that instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Docket Management Facility, collection of information:
can be made public and methodologies Title: Hazard Perception and
M–30, U.S. Department of
that are accepted by industry practice Distracted Driving Training Intervention
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
and standards, to the extent possible. If for Teens.
Avenue SE, West Building Ground Type of Request: New information
the application includes information the
Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC collection.
applicant considers to be a trade secret
20590. OMB Clearance Number: None.
or confidential commercial or financial Hand Delivery: West Building Ground
information, the applicant should do the Requested Expiration Date of
Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey Approval: Three years from date of
following: (1) Note on the front cover Avenue SE, Washington, DC, between 9
that the submission ‘‘Contains approval.
a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Summary of the Collection of
Confidential Business Information Friday, except Federal holidays.
(CBI)’’; (2) mark each affected page Information: The National Highway
Fax: 1–202–493–2251. Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
‘‘CBI’’; and (3) highlight or otherwise Instructions: Each submission must
denote the CBI portions. proposes to collect information from
include the agency name and the docket licensed teen drivers for a one-time
DOT protects such information from number for this Notice. Note that all
disclosure to the extent allowed under voluntary study to evaluate Risk
comments received will be posted Awareness and Perception Training
applicable law. In the event DOT without change to http://
receives a Freedom of Information Act (RAPT), a hazard perception and
www.regulations.gov, including any distracted driving training intervention
(FOIA) request for the information, DOT personal information provided.
will follow the procedures described in for teens to improve driving safety.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. NHTSA proposes to collect information
its FOIA regulations at 49 CFR 7.17.
Kathy Sifrit, Contracting Officer’s from newly-licensed teen drivers to
Only information that is ultimately
Representative, Office of Behavioral determine (1) their eligibility to
determined to be confidential under that
Safety Research (NPD–320), National participate in a study to evaluate RAPT
procedure will be exempt from
Highway Traffic Safety Administration, hazard perception training; (2) their
disclosure under FOIA.
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, hazard perception performance before
Issued in Washington, DC Washington, DC 20590. Dr. Sifrit’s and after they complete RAPT or
Ronald Louis Batory, phone number is 202–366–0868, and placebo training, and again six months
Administrator. her email address is kathy.sifrit@ after training; and (3) their driving
[FR Doc. 2018–10652 Filed 5–17–18; 8:45 am] dot.gov. exposure via driving logs to account for
BILLING CODE 4910–06–P SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the potential differences across participants.
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, In addition, participants will agree to
before an agency submits a proposed allow researchers to access their crash
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION collection of information to OMB for and citation records for the first six
National Highway Traffic Safety approval, it must publish a document in months of driving to support analyses of
Administration the Federal Register providing a 60-day the effects of RAPT training on crash
comment period and otherwise consult and citation rates.
[U.S. DOT Docket No. NHTSA–2018–0057] with members of the public and affected These data will be analyzed to
agencies concerning each proposed determine (1) whether, during the first
Reports, Forms, and Record Keeping collection of information. The OMB has six months of driving, new drivers who
Requirements promulgated regulations describing complete RAPT training have fewer
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic what must be included in such a crashes or traffic violations on their
Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT. document. Under OMB’s regulations (at driving records than comparison group
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ACTION: Request for public comment on 5 CFR 1320.8(d)), an agency must ask members who receive placebo training,
proposed collection of information. for public comment on the following: (2) when they do crash, is there a
(i) Whether the proposed collection of difference in severity and at-fault
SUMMARY: Before a Federal agency can information is necessary for the proper between drivers who took RAPT
collect certain information from the performance of the functions of the training versus those who received
public, it must receive approval from agency, including whether the placebo training, (3) is there a difference
the Office of Management and Budget information will have practical utility; in driving exposure between those who

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did and did not crash, and (4) is there old, but these drivers only accounted for jurisdiction to participate in the placebo
an interaction between sex and training 5.4 percent of the total number of condition, and expect half of this group
group as measured by crashes or crash licensed drivers. In addition, motor to agree. This ‘‘external’’ evaluation
type. vehicle traffic crashes were the leading component will help rule out alternative
NHTSA will provide recruiting letters cause of death for youth (16 to 20) in explanations in outcomes that are not
to an estimated 15,000 newly licensed 2015. associated with the RAPT training.
drivers ages 16 through 19. Participation Description of the Need for the The initial invitation letter will be
will be voluntary and solicited through Information and Proposed Use of the presented to 15,000 teens in the first
the distribution of recruiting letters at Information: Exposure-based analyses of jurisdiction and 5,000 teens in the
Department of Motor Vehicle locations crash risk have consistently shown that second. Teens and their guardian(s) are
(DMVs) when new drivers obtain their teens have an elevated crash risk. expected to take an average of 2 minutes
license. The letter will contain the Further, crash risk studies have each to review the letter, including
information a teen and their guardian(s) identified that the lack of skills among study inclusion criteria, for a total of
need to make an informed decision teen drivers, notably a limited ability to 2,000 hours (up to three respondents
about participating in this study. identify unexpected hazards on the reviewing each letter). We expect to
Consent will be obtained through an road, is one reason teen driver crash recruit 10,000 participants (half of the
informed consent agreement approved rates are so high. Previous evaluations 20,000 invitees). Teens who agree to
by an Institutional Review Board (IRB). of RAPT have shown promise in terms participate in the study are expected to
Consented study participants will be of a training effect among teens. A 2017 spend 45 minutes reading and signing
randomly assigned within age (16, 17, NHTSA study showed RAPT training the informed consent and completing
18 or 19 years) and sex categories to using software similar to that proposed the data collection and training protocol
either participation in the RAPT or the for the current study improved hazard for a total of 7,500 hours. A subsample
placebo condition. Participants in the detection in on-road driving (DOT HS of 2,000 (of the 10,000) participants will
RAPT condition will complete the 812 379). A 2016 NHTSA evaluation of also be asked to complete a one-week
training protocol, which will include the effects of RAPT on teen drivers’ trip log. Completing the trip log will
questions about their driving exposure crashes in California, however, take an estimated 5 minutes per day or
and crash/offence history in addition to produced mixed results (DOT HS 812 35 minutes per week for a total of 1,167
hazard recognition training. Those in 235). Crash analyses did not show an hours. Finally, 7,500 (of the 10,000)
the placebo condition will view a overall main effect of the program but participants will be asked to complete
vehicle maintenance video and respond there was a significant effect for males. the six-month follow-up test lasting 15
to the same driving exposure and crash/ Trained males had a 24% lower crash minutes for a total of 1,875 hours.
offence history questions. The RAPT rate relative to the male comparison Estimate of the Total Annual
training protocol is a computerized group. There was no significant Reporting and Record Keeping Burden
training tool. Data regarding hazard difference in females’ crash rates. While Resulting from the Collection of
perception skills before and after the the results from the California study Information: The total estimated burden
training will be captured as part of the were encouraging, promotion of this for recruitment (2,000 hours), the initial
computerized program. Participants will intervention requires additional training and data collection (7,500
also be invited to complete a six month evidence of effectiveness in reducing hours), the trip log (1,167 hours) and the
follow up test to see whether they crash risk. follow-up data collection (1,875) is
retained the RAPT training. The initial Data Collection Plan: Respondents 12,542 hours.
letter invitation will include a two- will be drivers aged 16 to 19 who Authority: 44 U.S.C. Section 3506(c)(2)(A).
dollar incentive. Participants who received their provisional or
complete the first test will receive five unrestricted licenses (first licenses) Issued in Washington, DC on May 15,
dollars, and those who complete the six within the previous two weeks. 2018.
month follow up will receive an Participants will be recruited within Jeff Michael,
additional ten dollars. A subsample of two weeks of obtaining this license. Associate Administrator, Research and
participants will also be asked to Exclusion criteria are: Driver received a Program Development.
complete a trip log to record driving provisional or first license more than [FR Doc. 2018–10633 Filed 5–17–18; 8:45 am]
exposure, for which they will receive two weeks ago; driver is newly licensed BILLING CODE 4910–59–P
another ten dollars. but 20 years old or older; driver’s
Background: The mission of the parents do not consent to inclusion of
National Highway Traffic Safety child in the study; driver is not able to DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Administration (NHTSA) is to save communicate in English; driver is not
lives, prevent injuries and reduce available for six-month follow-up retest; Office of Foreign Assets Control
economic costs due to motor vehicle driver is not planning on driving at least
crashes. In support of this mission, one trip per week; driver has already Notice of OFAC Sanctions Actions
NHTSA’s Office of Behavioral Safety received other hazard perception AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets
Research studies behaviors and attitudes training. A roughly equal distribution of Control, Treasury.
in highway safety, focusing on drivers, males and females will be recruited ACTION: Notice.
passengers, pedestrians, and within each age cohort. Overall, 15,000
motorcyclists, and it uses the results to teens will be invited to participate in SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the
develop and refine countermeasures to the first jurisdiction; we expect 7,500 to Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets
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deter unsafe behaviors and promote safe agree to participate. Of those, half will Control (OFAC) is publishing the names
alternatives. The safety of teen drivers is be randomly assigned to the treatment of one or more persons that have been
of particular concern. In 2016 there condition (RAPT training) and the other placed on OFAC’s Specially Designated
were 1,908 young drivers 15 to 20 years half to the placebo condition (vehicle Nationals and Blocked Persons List
old who died in motor vehicle crashes. maintenance video). To bolster the based on OFAC’s determination that one
Nine percent of all drivers involved in evaluation research design, we will or more applicable legal criteria were
fatal crashes in 2016 were 15 to 20 years invite another 5,000 teens from a second satisfied. All property and interests in

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Collection		Federal Register
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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Request for public comment on proposed collection of information.
Dates		Comments must be received on or before July 17, 2018.
Contact		Dr. Kathy Sifrit, Contracting Officer's Representative, Office of Behavioral Safety Research (NPD- 320), National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590. Dr. Sifrit's phone number is 202-366-
FR Citation		83 FR 23336

83 FR 23336 - Reports, Forms, and Record Keeping Requirements

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIONNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration

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