[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 241 (Friday, December 13, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 65629]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-31483]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[NHTSA Docket No. 96-123-N01]
Proposed Information Collection Comment Request; National Survey
of Drinking and Driving Attitudes and Behavior: 1997
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments on data collection.
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SUMMARY: More than 300,000 persons were reported injured and more than
17,000 persons died in alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes in 1995,
(Traffic Safety Facts: 1995, NHTSA-National Center for Statistics and
Analysis). NHTSA is committed to the development of effective programs
to reduce the incidence of these crashes. In order to properly plan and
evaluate programs intended to reduce alcohol-impaired driving, the
agency needs to periodically update its knowledge and understanding of
the public's attitudes and behaviors with respect to drinking and
driving. To gather these key data, NHTSA intends to administer a
modified version of the National Survey of Drinking and Driving
Attitudes and Behavior (NSDDAB) in 1997 to a national probability
sample of the driving age public. The purpose of this notice is to
invite public comment on this study.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted on or before February 17,
1997.
ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments to National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration, Docket Section, Room 5111, Docket # 96-123-N01,
400 Seventh St., S.W., Washington, DC 20590.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul J. Tremont, Ph.D., Contracting
Officer's Technical Representative, Office of Research and Traffic
Records (NTS-31), 400 Seventh St., S.W., Washington, DC 20590.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
In 1991, NHTSA conducted the first in a series of biennial surveys
of the driving-age public (16 or older) to identify patterns and trends
in public attitudes and behaviors towards drinking and driving. The
proposed study, to be administered in the 3rd quarter of 1997, will
collect data on topics included in the first three studies (and several
additional topics), including: frequency of drinking and driving and of
riding with an impaired driver, ways to prevent drinking and driving,
enforcement of drinking driving laws including the use of sobriety
checkpoints, understanding of BAC levels and legal limits, and crash
and injury experience.
II. Method Of Data Collection
The survey will be administered by telephone to a national
probability sample of the driving age public (aged 16 years or older as
of their last birthday). Participation by respondents is voluntary. The
interview is anticipated to average 20-25 minutes; for non-drinkers and
non-drivers the interview will average below 20 minutes, while for
drinker-drivers it will average slightly over 20 minutes.
Interviewers will use computer assisted telephone interviewing to
reduce survey administration time and to minimize data collection
errors. A Spanish-language questionnaire and bi-lingual interviewers
will be used to reduce language barriers to participation. All
respondent's results will remain anonymous and completely confidential.
Participant names are not collected during the interview and the
telephone number used to reach the respondent is separated from the
data record prior to its entry into the analytical database.
III. Use of Findings
The findings will assist NHTSA in addressing the problem of
alcohol-impaired driving and in formulating programs and
recommendations to Congress. NHTSA will use the findings to identify
areas to target current programs and activities to achieve the greatest
benefit, to develop new programs to decrease the likelihood of drinking
and driving behaviors, and to provide informational support to states,
localities, and law enforcement agencies that will aid them in their
efforts to reduce drinking and driving crashes and fatalities.
IV. Data
OMB Number: None.
Form Number: None.
Type of Review: Regular submission.
Affected Public: The non-institutionalized population of the United
States aged 16 and older living in telephone households.
Estimated number of respondents: 4000.
Estimated time per survey respondent: 20 minutes.
Estimated total burden hours: 1,333.
Estimated total cost of project including survey component: $53.29
per survey respondent.
V. Paperwork Reduction Act
This notice and request for comments is being conducted in
compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Public law 104-13
(44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)).
VI. Request for Comments
Comments are invited on (a) The appropriateness of the approach to
meeting the objectives of the study, (b) the types of questions that
should be asked of respondents, (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information collected, (d) the accuracy of
the burden estimate, (e) ways to minimize the burden of the collection
of information on the respondents.
Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized
and/or included in the request for OMB approval of this information
collection. Copies of all comments will be placed in Docket 96-123,
Notice 1, in the NHTSA Docket Section in Room 5111, Nassif Building,
400 7th Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20590 and will become a matter of
public record.
Issued on: November 22, 1996.
James H. Hedlund,
Associate Administrator for Traffic Safety Programs, National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration.
[FR Doc. 96-31483 Filed 12-12-96; 8:45 am]
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