Federal Register, Volume 81 Issue 128 (Tuesday, July 5, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 128 (Tuesday, July 5, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43710-43711]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-15635]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[Docket No. NHTSA-2015-0116]


Agency Information Collection Request

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 
Department of Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice of submission of information collection request to 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this 
notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR) 
abstracted below is being forwarded to the Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) for review and comments.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before August 4, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725 17th Street NW., 
Washington, DC 20503, Attention: NHTSA Desk Officer.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie Kang, Ph.D., Contracting 
Officer's Technical Representative Task Order Manager, Human Factors/
Engineering Integration Division, Office of Vehicle Crash Avoidance and 
Electronic Controls Research (NSR-310), National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE., Washington, DC 20590. Dr. 
Kang's phone number is 202-366-5677. Her email address is 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Federal Register Notice with a 60-day 
comment period soliciting comments on the following information 
collection was published on January 4, 2016 (81 FR 141-142).
    Title: Recruitment and Debriefing of Human Subjects for Head-Up 
Displays and Distraction Potential.
    OMB Control Number: None.
    Type of Request: New Information Collection.
    Abstract: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's 
(NHTSA) mission is to save lives, prevent injuries, and reduce economic 
losses resulting from motor vehicle crashes. Head-up display (HUD) 
technology presents many opportunities and challenges for mitigating 
driver distraction, improving driver comfort, and engaging drivers with 
their vehicles. On one hand, the reduction of the distance that the 
eyes need to travel between a focal point on the forward road and a 
focal point on an in-vehicle display can minimize the amount of time 
required to view a display relative to a traditional Head-Down Display 
(HDD). There is also an added benefit in that peripheral roadway 
information can be processed while viewing a HUD, allowing partial 
support of some aspects of vehicle control, like lane keeping. On the 
other hand, humans have difficulty simultaneously processing two visual 
displays overlaid on each other. Viewing HUDs while driving may 
therefore prevent drivers from perceiving events in the environment, 
particularly centrally located hazards such as a braking lead vehicle. 
There is a concern that if drivers perceive HUDs to be safer than HDDs 
that they may not regulate the length of time they spend looking at the 
HUD. The HUD may therefore negatively alter drivers' visual scanning 
behavior. The benefits and drawbacks of using a HUD in a vehicle must 
therefore be fully investigated and properly understood.
    The proposed study will examine the distraction potential of HUD 
use on driving performance. The information collection involves 
collecting eligibility information and demographic information. The 
study focuses on HUD technologies that display information about the 
state of the vehicle (e.g., vehicle speed, navigation information) near 
the driver's forward field of view (e.g., projected into the lower 
portion of the windshield in front of the driver).
    Affected Public: Voluntary study participants.

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    Number of Respondents: VTTI will contact approximately 100 
individuals by phone and use an eligibility questionnaire to determine 
their eligibility for the study. It is estimated that 60 of these 
individuals will qualify to be enrolled into the study. The 60 
individuals who will be contacted are persons who have volunteered to 
take part in driving studies in the past. Businesses are ineligible for 
the sample and will not be contacted. These 60 individuals will 
complete an informed consent document and a demographic questionnaire.
    Number of Responses: Completion of the eligibility questions is 
estimated to take approximately 10 minutes per individual (100 
individuals). Information Sheet is expected to take 10 minutes per 
individual (60 individuals). Demographic questions are expected to take 
3 minutes per individual (60 individuals). Informed consent is expected 
to take 5 minutes per individual (60 individuals).
    Total Annual Burden Hours: 45 hours for all responses from all 
individuals.
    Frequency of Collection: This is a one-time collection to obtain 
the target number of 48 valid test participants.

    Authority:  The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. 
Chapter 35, as amended; and 49 CFR 1.95.

Nathaniel Beuse,
Associate Administrator, Office of Vehicle Safety Research.
[FR Doc. 2016-15635 Filed 7-1-16; 8:45 am]
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