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from night work and sleep loss. Thus,

PVT lapses are a valid index for

evaluating candidate technologies.

Additionally: (1) Each device will be

time locked in real-time to PVT

performance to permit coherence

estimates for minute-to-minute

fluctuations and bout-to-bout

fluctuations in alertness-drowsiness

across the entire 42 hour period of

wakefulness; (2) suppliers of devices

will have no knowledge of PVT lapse

data during the course of their

extracting drowsiness/alertness scores

from their devices, while the researchers

will have no knowledge of the device’s

scoring algorithm. This double blind

procedure will be maintained

throughout data acquisition and

analysis; (3) to further optimize the

reliability of coherence estimates,

technology suppliers will also be

unaware of the timing of data

acquisition; and (4) processed data

(drowsiness scores) received from

device manufacturers and PVT lapse

data (criterion vigilance performance

scores) from the researcher will be

electronically forwarded to an

independent professional statistician for

calculation of coherence results.

The independent coherence results

will be used as the basis for assessing

the validity of the submitted device. The

non-obtrusiveness and ease of use by

the subject driver of the device will be

assessed by the researchers during the

laboratory phase of this research and be

noted. Additionally, the device must be

‘‘ready-to-use’’ with clear instructions

on how to operate the device. This

means that the laboratory researchers

will not have to do any engineering or

re-configuring of the devices in order to

use them in the laboratory validation.

Results from this program will be

important criteria in the selection of

devices eligible to participate in the

planned IVI Operational Field Test of

Drowsy Driver Technology planned to

begin in late FY 2001.

Technology Submission Instructions

Submit proposed device descriptions

to the U.S. Department of

Transportation’s Public Docket

Management Room at the address listed

above. The submission should include

the following:

1. A detailed description of the

device, along with operating

instructions.

2. It should be no more than 10 pages

in length.

3. Any existing evidence of objective

validity, reliability, sensitivity, or

specificity is encouraged to be

submitted. This information DOES NOT

count toward the 10 page length limit.

4. Three copies of your submission.

5. Your name, address, phone number

and e-mail address.

6. DO NOT submit your device at this

time.

7. Applications, once submitted,

become the property of the US DOT.

Joseph N. Kanianthra,

Acting Associate Administrator for Research

and Development, National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration.

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partnership, association, or corporation.

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notices of the date on which a payment

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permit shall be published by the

Secretary of Treasury in the Federal

Register by no later than 60 days before

such due date.

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expected that annual user fees for

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Dated: October 4, 2000.

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