Automated Driving Systems
2.0: A Vision for Safety
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Regular
02/26/2025
Requested
Previously Approved
36 Months From Approved
02/28/2025
4
20
2,400
12,000
0
0
This ICR is for a voluntary disclosure
of information to the public by entities involved in the testing
and deployment of Automated Driving Systems (ADSs). The entities
engaged in ADS development and testing may demonstrate how they
address – via industry best practices, their own best practices, or
other appropriate methods – the safety elements contained in the
Voluntary Guidance section of Automated Driving Systems 2.0: A
Vision for Safety by publishing a Voluntary Safety Self-Assessment
(VSSA). The VSSA is intended to demonstrate to the public
(particularly States and consumers) that entities are: (1)
considering safety aspects of ADSs; (2) communicating and
collaborating with DOT; (3) encouraging the self-establishment of
industry safety norms for ADSs; and (4) building public trust,
acceptance, and confidence through transparent testing and
deployment of ADSs. This collection, a reporting collection, allows
companies an opportunity to showcase their approach to safety,
without needing to reveal proprietary intellectual property.
Disclosure of information in the VSSA would be publicly accessible
and foreseeably accessed by members of the public, State
stakeholders, and consumer-based stakeholders. NHTSA anticipates
any respondents for the information collection would provide the
VSSA once in the three-year approval period. This is a revision of
a currently approved IC to both extend the approval period and
include revisions to the burden calculations based on NHTSA’s
observations of the current collection and the previous associated
collections dating back to 2017. NHTSA has collated a list of
entities in the ADS space that could potentially develop a VSSA and
used previous VSSA publication to estimate the number of new VSSAs
that may be developed each year for the subsequent three years.
This results in a lower estimate of the number of respondents for
the collection and thus a lower estimate of annual burden and labor
costs. The current collection estimated 20 respondents per year,
each responding once in that year. The burden associated with
disclosure recommendations via a VSSA would be 600 hours per
respondent. The annual burden associated with the information
collection was calculated as 12,000 hours and $1,168,320 in labor
costs. The revisions estimate four entities will publish a VSSA
every year and will publish only once in the three-year period. As
there have been no disagreements with the burden hour calculation
for an individual VSSA, the annual burden hours for this collection
are revised to 2,400 hours. The labor cost associated with this
revision are $282,384. This is a decrease of 9,600 burden hours per
year. Additionally, there is a decrease in labor costs of $885,936
per year. NHTSA estimates that respondents will not incur any costs
beyond hourly labor costs.
US Code:
49
USC 30101 Name of Law: Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966
The currently approved
collection estimated 20 respondents per year, each responding once
in that year. The burden associated with disclosure recommendations
via a VSSA would be 600 hours per respondent. The annual burden
associated with the information collection was calculated as 12,000
hours and $1,168,320 in labor costs. The revisions estimate four
entities will publish a VSSA every year and will publish only once
in the three-year period. This decrease is a result of review of
the submissions for the currently approved collection and a review
of the entities currently in the Automated Driving System industry.
As there have been no disagreements with the burden hour
calculation for an individual VSSA, the annual burden hours for
this collection are revised to 2,400 hours. The labor cost
associated with this revision are $282,384. This is a decrease of
9,600 burden hours per year. Additionally, there is a decrease in
labor costs of $885,936 per year. NHTSA estimates that respondents
will not incur any costs beyond hourly labor costs.
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Debbie Sweet 202
366-7179
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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;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
30-day Notice VSSA v2 clean.docx
ADS 2.0.pdf
Automated Driving Systems 2.0: A Vision for Safety