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who are either riding unrestrained in 

vehicles, improperly placed in a CRS, or 

prematurely graduated to an adult 

vehicle seat belt system. A NHTSA 

survey, the National Child Restraint Use 

Special Study, conducted in 2011, 

observed and interviewed a nationally 

representative sample of drivers with 

child passengers (NHTSA, 2012). The 

most prevalent installation errors 

identified in this survey were: Incorrect 

harness routing slot used, improper 

harness clip position, loose CRS 

installation, loose harness straps, and 

improper lap belt placement. Other 

potential installation errors may 

include: Improper routing of the 

vehicle’s seat belt system or lower 

LATCH straps, and twisting of the seat 

belt or LATCH. While these errors can 

be classified as improper installation 

and/or securement errors, researchers 

have also identified errors related to 

caregivers selecting the correct CRS for 

the children’s ages, heights, and 

weights. 

Evaluating the causes of the various 

selection and installation errors can be 

challenging. That is, one or more factors 

may contribute to any one type of 

installation error. There are numerous 

CRS makes and models marketed to the 

consumer, each with its own 

installation procedures/manual. In 

addition, vehicle manufacturers design 

vehicle restraint systems and vehicle 

seats that are incompatible with various 

CRSs. New vehicles are continually 

introduced to the fleet, and CRSs 

continue to evolve each year. Finally, 

there is a never-ending flow of new 

parents/caregivers who need to be 

educated on child passenger safety. 

Despite their inexperience, new parents 

may overestimate their own accuracy in 

selecting and securely installing a CRS 

to the vehicle and securing the child in 

the CRS. 

While it might be hard to control for 

some factors, such as the continuing 

flow of new parents, and the number 

and variety of vehicles and CRSs, others 

might be more easily examined. For 

example, among the large variety of CRS 

designs, CRS and vehicle labeling, 

vehicle seating attachments, and manual 

designs and instructions, there may be 

ways to better convey information to the 

caregivers. In addition, specific features 

or designs that minimize installation 

errors could improve the ease of use for 

CRS for the parent or caregiver. In an 

effort to reduce the number of errors, 

NHTSA is undertaking a study to gain 

some insight into the causes of errors 

related to selecting and installing CRSs. 

To accomplish this, NHTSA will 

evaluate installation performance and 

caregiver confidence in both 

experienced and novice CRS users and 

determine which factors contribute to 

both installation and securement errors 

and to determine what factors related to 

the CRS, vehicle, and user confidence 

contribute to errors. Identifying these 

causal factors that contribute to errors 

related to selecting and installing CRSs, 

as well as those factors that contribute 

to accurately selecting and properly 

installing CRSs for both novice and 

experienced users, will be the first step 

in increasing the safety of child 

passengers in moving vehicles. In 

addition, overall findings can be made 

available to CRS manufacturers and 

vehicle manufacturers related to 

improvements to specific CRS and 

vehicle design features that may foster 

a better fit in the vehicles and 

securement for children. 

Description of the Likely Respondents 

(Including Estimated Number, and 

Proposed Frequency of Response to the 

Collection of Information)—Under this 

proposed effort, a total of 150 

individuals evenly distributed among 

experienced and novice CRS users. 

‘‘Experienced’’ users will be defined as 

individuals who regularly care for a 

child under the age of 4 years, transport 

the child in a vehicle at least twice a 

week, and also have installed any CRS 

a minimum of five times in the past 6 

months. ‘‘Novice’’ users are defined as 

individuals who do not regularly 

transport children and have not 

installed a CRS in the past 6 months. 

NHTSA estimates that each session 

will last 120 minutes. Each participant 

will complete four installations, 

resulting in 600 total installations 

distributed across vehicle type, CRS 

type, and child’s age, weight, and 

height. Each CRS installation will be 

video recorded. Prior to installing the 

CRS’s, participants will complete a set 

of questionnaires including a risk 

appraisal assessment tool specific to 

motor vehicle crash and injury risks, an 

invincibility beliefs index, and 

demographics. 

Throughout the project, the privacy of 

all participants will be protected. 

Personally-identifiable information 

(names, telephone numbers, email 

addresses, etc.) will be kept separate 

from the data collected, and will be 

stored in restricted folders on secure 

password protected servers that are only 

accessible to study staff who have need 

to access such information. In addition, 

all data collected from participants will 

be reported in aggregate, and participant 

names will not be used in any reports 

resulting from this project. Rigorous deidentification procedures will be used 

during summary and feedback stages to 

ensure no officers will be identified 

through reconstructive means. 

Estimate of the Total Annual 

Reporting and Record Keeping Burden 

Resulting from the Collection of 

Information—NHTSA estimates that the 

total time for each respondent to 

participate in the data collection effort 

will likely not be more than 2 hours. 

Staff estimates that the travel time for 

participants will not be more than 30 

minutes one-way. Therefore, a 

maximum of 3 hours of burden will be 

placed on any one participant. The 

duration of the study for each 

participant will be 3 hours, or a total of 

450 hours for the 150 participants. The 

participants will not incur any reporting 

cost from the information collection. 

The participants also will not incur any 

record keeping burden or record 

keeping cost from the information 

collection. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. Section 3506(c)(2)(A) 

Dated: January 15, 2015. 

Jeff Michael, 

Associate Administrator, Research and 

Program Development. 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration 

[U.S. DOT Docket No. NHTSA–2014–0127] 

Reports, Forms, and Record Keeping 

Requirements 

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic 

Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT. 

ACTION: Request for public comment on 

proposed collection of information. 

SUMMARY: Before a Federal agency can 

collect certain information from the 

public, it must receive approval from 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB). Under procedures established 

by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, before seeking OMB approval, 

Federal agencies must solicit public 

comment on proposed collections of 

information, including extensions and 

reinstatements of previously approved 

collections. 

This document describes the 

collection of information for which 

NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before March 23, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

identified by DOT Docket ID Number 

NHTSA–2014–0127 using any of the 

following methods: 


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Electronic submissions: Go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Mail: Docket Management Facility, 

M–30, U.S. Department of 

Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, Washington, DC 

20590. 

Hand Delivery: West Building Ground 

Floor, Room W12–140, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. Fax: 1– 

(202) 493–2251. 

Instructions: Each submission must 

include the Agency name and the 

Docket number for this Notice. Note that 

all comments received will be posted 

without change to http:// 

www.regulations.gov including any 

personal information provided. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

J. Stephen Higgins, Contracting Officer’s 

Technical Representative, Office of 

Behavioral Safety Research (NTI–132), 

National Highway Traffic Safety 

Administration, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., W46–474, Washington, DC 

20590. Dr. Higgins’ phone number is 

(202) 366–3976 and his email address is 

james.higgins@dot.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

before an agency submits a proposed 

collection of information to OMB for 

approval, it must publish a document in 

the Federal Register providing a 60-day 

comment period and otherwise consult 

with members of the public and affected 

agencies concerning each proposed 

collection of information. The OMB has 

promulgated regulations describing 

what must be included in such a 

document. Under OMB’s regulations (at 

5 CFR 1320.8(d)), an agency must ask 

for public comment on the following: (i) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(ii) The accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; (iii) How to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and (iv) 

How to minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. In 

compliance with these requirements, 

NHTSA asks public comment on the 

following proposed collection of 

information: 

Characterizing Ambulance Driver 

Training in EMS Systems 

Type of Request—New information 

collection requirement. 

OMB Clearance Number—None. 

Form Number—NHTSA 1186. 

Requested Expiration Date of 

Approval—3 years from date of 

approval. 

Summary of the Collection of 

Information—In order to characterize 

ambulance driver training across the 

United States, the National Highway 

Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) 

proposes to collect information from 

EMS agencies providing ambulance 

services and State offices responsible for 

overseeing training, licensing, and 

regulation of EMS agencies and their 

drivers. NHTSA is interested in learning 

about what types of driver training are 

required, when the training is required 

(new drivers, continuing education, 

etc.), how driving incidents (crashes, 

moving violations, etc.) impact driving 

privileges, initial qualification standards 

(age, number of years with license, 

driving record, etc.), and other related 

topics. Participation in the study will be 

voluntary and will only include State 

level agency representatives and 

representatives from EMS agencies that 

offer ambulance services. Data 

collection will be in the form of semistructured interviews in-person or over 

the phone of contacts at State offices 

and an Internet-based survey of EMS 

agencies providing ambulance services. 

EMS agencies will be contacted via 

email, mail, or phone with a link to the 

Internet survey. State offices will be 

contacted via email or phone to 

participate in the semi-structured 

interviews. 

Description of the Need for the 

Information and Proposed Use of the 

Information— NHTSA has the 

responsibility for making driving safer 

by ensuring that drivers commit the 

fewest errors possible and by attempting 

to render the residual errors that are 

committed benign. Not all drivers, 

however, face the same level of risk on 

the road or the same task demands. 

Emergency vehicle operators must deal 

with critical time demands, large 

vehicles, and numerous potential and 

unavoidable distractions inherent in the 

response to emergencies. 

Operator training is one method that 

human factors professionals have used 

in virtually all domains to reduce 

human error and thereby increase the 

safety of operations. Although 

emergency vehicle training for 

ambulance drivers has been repeatedly 

identified as an important step in the 

safety system, the current situation with 

respect to ambulance driver training in 

the United States is not well 

characterized. This project will 

document the types of driver training 

offered, when this training is required, 

how driving incidents impact driving 

privileges, initial qualification 

standards, and other related topics 

discovered throughout the course of the 

study. The results of this project will 

assist NHTSA in determining the 

current state of ambulance driver 

training which will help the Agency 

determine if additional research and 

development on the topic are warranted. 

Description of the Likely Respondents 

(Including Estimated Number, and 

Proposed Frequency of Response to the 

Collection of Information)—The 

participant groups being sought include 

representatives from up to 21,283 EMS 

agencies across the United States and 

representatives from State offices for the 

50 States and Washington DC 

Participants from EMS agencies will be 

recruited via email to respond to an 

Internet-based survey. The survey will 

be completed a single time by one 

representative from the solicited 

agencies. Approximately 153 semistructured interviews (up to 3 per State 

and Washington DC since multiple 

offices may be responsible for various 

aspects of ambulance driver training 

and regulation) will be conducted via 

telephone with personnel from State 

offices. The total sample size has the 

potential to be 21,436 participants. 

Estimate of the Total Annual 

Reporting and Record Keeping Burden 

Resulting from the Collection of 

Information—The 153 conversations 

with State personnel will average 

approximately 60 minutes in length 

including introduction, demographics, 

ambulance driver training/licensing 

requirements, training course 

description and content review, and 

conclusion. The estimated completion 

time for the Internet-based survey of 

EMS agency representatives is 30 

minutes per agency. The total estimated 

annual burden if all solicited 

participants respond is 10,794.50 hours. 

Participants will incur no costs and no 

record keeping burden from the 

information collection. 

Authority: 44 U.S.C. Section 3506(c)(2)(A). 

Dated: January 14, 2015. 

Jeff Michael, 

Associate Administrator, Research and 

Program Development. 

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