For the next
submission, DOT will not promise confidentiality unless backed by
statute.
Inventory as of this Action
Requested
Previously Approved
01/31/2014
36 Months From Approved
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The National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA) proposes to conduct follow-up focus groups
with participants from an earlier on-road instrumented vehicle data
collection conducted that looked at both urban (Seattle, WA) and
rural (College Station, TX) driving patterns with regard to speed.
Based on speeding patterns in the data from the instrumented
vehicle phase of this study, NHTSA plans to follow-up with these
same subjects in focus groups to develop a better understanding of
speeding and speeders, to look at urban/rural speeding and
age-related differences, to develop a more accurate taxonomy of
high/low speed driver subgroups (n=72), and to gain a better
understanding of the motives as well as attitudes and habits of
these subgroups, and explore attitudes and behavioral influences
pertinent to various countermeasures (e.g., points reduction
courses, speed awareness courses, engineering countermeasures, and
automated enforcement) and the acceptance and potential
effectiveness of the countermeasures. The focus groups will include
discussions of speed choices and speeding behaviors and the factors
that influence them, discussions of beliefs and attitudes toward
speeding, reactions to and discussions about specific driving
scenarios, and individual / group responses to various speeding
countermeasures. The focus groups are expected to provide data
relevant to descriptions of key motivations, attitudes, normative
commitment to law, driving habits relevant to speeding and speeding
countermeasures; descriptions of countermeasures with the greatest
likely benefits; implementation issues and concerns associated with
the countermeasures; and key advantages and disadvantages
associated with various countermeasures. These focus groups,
directly linked to the driving speed patterns of drivers in on-road
vehicle data, will provide important new information on the reasons
drivers choose to drive at certain speeds and what countermeasures
would be most effective in reducing their speeding
behaviors.
This is a new information
collection that will add 93 burden hours to NHTSA overall burden
hour total.
$70,000
No
No
No
No
No
Uncollected
Randolph Atkins 202
366-5597
No
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
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these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.