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Form Number: N/A.
Requested Expiration Date of
Approval: Upon completion of the
study.
Abstract: The introduction of
electronically-controlled transmissions
has allowed much greater freedom in
the design of driver interfaces, with the
result that drivers are being confronted
with new and different types of gear
selector controls—joysticks, push
buttons, rotary knobs, etc. This
information collection is incidental to
the recruitment of participants for
human-factors studies designed to
measure the ability of drivers to adapt
to unfamiliar types of gear-selection
controls. There is no known published
usability research related to these new
types of driver interfaces.
The proposed studies will examine
driver response to non-traditional gear
selector configurations in routine and
emergency simulated driving scenarios,
noting driver confusion, distraction and
unintended consequences due to the
unconventional gear selector
configuration. The research method
consists of driving simulations to collect
objective and subjective data about six
different gear selector types.
Approximately 500 drivers will respond
to the request for participants. It is
estimated that of the 500 respondents,
360 will ultimately be recruited and
participate. The estimated burden hours
were calculated for the pre and post
experiment questionnaires and for
performing the driving tasks for the 500
respondents accordingly.
Participants will be tested
individually in a driving simulator
located at the Volpe National
Transportation Systems Center (Volpe
Center), which will conduct this
research under an Intra-Agency
Agreement (IAA) with NHTSA. The
information being collected consists of
that required for scheduling
appointments and for balancing the
subject sample across age groups,
gender, and previous driving experience
with various motor vehicle gear selector
configurations. The experimental data
will contain the demographic and pastexperience descriptors for each
participant, but no personally
identifiable information. During or after
the experimental sessions, participants
may be queried regarding their
perceptions and preferences about
various aspects of gear-selection
controls.
Description of the Need for the
Information and Proposed Use of the
Information: The collection of
information consists of: (1) An
eligibility questionnaire, (2) a
demographic questionnaire; (3)
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scheduling preferences; and (4) postexperiment questionnaires. The
information to be collected will be used
to:
• Eligibility questionnaire will be
used to obtain self-reported driving
history information. Individuals
interested in participating in the study
will be asked to provide information
about their driving history (e.g., years of
driving experience, daily driving usage,
familiarity with different types of gear
selectors). Individuals will be excluded
from participating in the experiment if
they do not have a valid driver license.
• Demographic questionnaire will be
used to obtain demographic information
to confirm that the study group includes
participants from various age groups
and both genders.
• Scheduling preferences will be used
to establish a convenient time for the
participants to visit the Volpe Center.
• Post-experiment questionnaire will
be used to gather information about
drivers’ beliefs and attitude towards
each gear selector configuration tested,
and to explore respondent knowledge of
how a motor vehicle will likely respond
when shifted to positions other than
Drive at highway speed. These
questionnaires will also be used to
assess perceived usability of the various
gear selector configurations in terms of
acceptance and satisfaction, as well as
willingness to have a particular gear
selector configuration in their vehicle.
Respondents: drivers with a valid
driver license.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
500.
Estimated Number of Respondents
Selected: 360.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: 595
hours (1 hour and 38 minutes per
selected respondent and 3 minutes per
respondent not selected.)
Public Comments Invited: You are
asked to comment on any aspect of this
information collection, including (a)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the agency’s
performance of its functions; (b) the
accuracy of the estimated burden; (c)
ways for the agency to enhance the
quality, utility and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
ways that the burden could be
minimized without reducing the quality
of the collected information. The agency
will summarize your comments and the
agency’s responses in the request for
OMB clearance of this information
collection.
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Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995, 44 U.S.C. chap. 35; 49 U.S.C. 30181–
83; under authority delegated in 49 CFR 1.95
Claude H. Harris,
Acting Associate Administrator for
Rulemaking.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping
Requirements; Agency Information
Collection Activity Under OMB Review
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department Of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice
announces that the Information
Collection Request (ICR) abstract below
has been forwarded to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and comment. The ICR describes
the nature of the information collections
and their expected burden. The Federal
Register Notice with a 60-day comment
period was published on March 14,
2014 (79 FR 14593). The agency
received no comments.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before June 26, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Send comments, within 30
days, to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, 725–17th
Street NW., Washington, DC 20503,
Attention NHTSA Desk Officer.
Comments are invited on: Whether
the proposed collection of information
is necessary for the proper performance
of the functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; the accuracy of
the Department’s estimate of the burden
of the proposed information collection;
ways to enhance the quality, utility and
clarity of the information to be
collected; and ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Comments to OMB are most effective if
OMB receives them within 30 days of
publication.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Deborah Mazyck at the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration,
Office of International Policy, Fuel
Economy and Consumer Programs, 1200
SUMMARY:
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New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building,
Room W43–443, Washington, DC 20590.
Ms. Mazyck’s telephone number is
(202–366–4139).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
Title: 49 CFR Part 583-Automobile
Parts Content Labeling.
OMB Number: 2127–0573.
Type of Request: Request for public
comment on a previously approved
collection of information.
Abstract: Part 583 establishes
requirements for the disclosure of
information relating to the countries of
origin of the equipment of new
passenger motor vehicles. This
information will be used by NHTSA to
determine whether manufacturers are
complying with the American
Automobile Labeling Act (49 U.S.C.
32304). The American Automobile
Labeling Act requires all new passenger
motor vehicles (including passenger
cars, certain small buses, all light trucks
and multipurpose passenger vehicles
with a gross vehicle weight rating of
8,500 pounds or less), to bear labels
providing information about domestic
and foreign content of their equipment.
With the affixed label on the new
passenger motor vehicles, it serves as an
aid to potential purchasers in the
selection of new passenger motor
vehicles by providing them with
information about the value of the U.S./
Canadian and foreign parts of each
vehicle, the countries of origin of the
engine and transmission, and the site of
the vehicle’s final assembly.
NHTSA anticipates approximately 21
vehicle manufacturers will be affected
by these reporting requirements.
NHTSA does not believe that any of
these 21 manufacturers are a small
business (i.e., one that employs less
than 500 persons) since each
manufacturer employs more than 500
persons. Manufacturers of new
passenger motor vehicles, including
passenger cars, certain small buses, and
light trucks with a gross vehicle weight
rating of 8,500 pounds or less, must file
a report annually.
Affected Public: Vehicle
manufacturers.
Estimated Total Annual Burden:
NHTSA estimates that the vehicle
manufacturers will incur a total annual
reporting hour and cost burden of
52,962 hours and $2,439,108
respectively. The amount includes
annual burden hours incurred by multistage manufacturers and motor vehicle
equipment suppliers. We estimate that
the annual reporting and recordkeeping
hour burden of 52,962 remains the same
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because there was no change in the
number of respondents. There is an
increase in annual cost due to inflation.
Claude H. Harris,
Acting Associate Administrator for
Rulemaking.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
Petition for Exemption From the
Federal Vehicle Theft Prevention
Standard; Jaguar Land Rover North
America LLC
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Grant of petition for exemption.
AGENCY:
This document grants in full
the Jaguar Land Rover North America
LLC’s, (Jaguar Land Rover) petition for
an exemption of the Discovery Sport
vehicle line in accordance with 49 CFR
part 543, Exemption from Vehicle Theft
Prevention Standard. This petition is
granted because the agency has
determined that the antitheft device to
be placed on the line as standard
equipment is likely to be as effective in
reducing and deterring motor vehicle
theft as compliance with the partsmarking requirements of 49 CFR part
541, Federal Motor Vehicle Theft
Prevention Standard (Theft Prevention
Standard). Jaguar Land Rover also
requested confidential treatment of
specific information in its petition. The
agency will address Jaguar Land Rover’s
request for confidential treatment by
separate letter.
DATES: The exemption granted by this
notice is effective beginning with the
2015 model year (MY).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Deborah Mazyck, Office of International
Policy, Fuel Economy and Consumer
Programs, NHTSA, W43–443, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC
20590. Ms. Mazyck’s phone number is
(202) 366–4139. Her fax number is (202)
493–2990.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In a
petition dated February 19, 2014, Jaguar
Land Rover requested an exemption
from the parts-marking requirements of
the Theft Prevention Standard for the
Jaguar Land Rover Discovery Sport
vehicle line beginning with MY 2015.
The petition requested an exemption
from parts-marking pursuant to 49 CFR
part 543, Exemption from Vehicle Theft
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Prevention Standard, based on the
installation of an antitheft device as
standard equipment for the entire
vehicle line.
Under 49 CFR 543.5(a), a
manufacturer may petition NHTSA to
grant an exemption for one vehicle line
per model year. In its petition, Jaguar
Land Rover provided a detailed
description and diagram of the identity,
design, and location of the components
of the antitheft device for the Discovery
Sport vehicle line. Jaguar Land Rover
stated that the MY 2015 Discovery Sport
vehicle line will be equipped with a
passive, transponder based, electronic
engine immobilizer antitheft device as
standard equipment. Key components of
its antitheft device will include a power
train control module (PCM), instrument
cluster, body control module (BCM),
keyless vehicle module (KVM), remote
frequency receiver (RFA), Immobilizer
Antenna Unit, Smart Key and door
control units. Jaguar Land Rover stated
that its antitheft device will also be
installed with an audible and visual
perimeter alarm system as standard
equipment. Jaguar Land Rover stated
that the perimeter alarm system can be
armed with the Smart Key or
programmed to be passively armed. The
alarm will sound and the vehicle’s
exterior lights will flash if unauthorized
entry is attempted by opening the hood,
doors or luggage compartment. Jaguar
Land Rover’s submission is considered
a complete petition as required by 49
CFR 543.7, in that it meets the general
requirements contained in § 543.5 and
the specific content requirements of
§ 543.6.
The immobilizer device is
automatically armed when the Smart
Key is removed from the vehicle. Jaguar
Land Rover stated that the Smart key is
programmed and synchronized to the
vehicle through the means of a unique
identification key code for each key and
a randomly generated secret code that is
unique to each vehicle.
Jaguar Land Rover stated that there
will be three methods for unlocking the
doors and starting the engine of the
Discovery Sport vehicle line. The three
methods of system operation will either
be through the vehicle’s automatic
detection of the Smart Key, unlocking
the vehicle with the Smart key unlock
button or by using the emergency key
blade. Jaguar Land Rover stated that
automatic detection of the Smart key
method occurs when authentication of
the correct Smart Key via a low
frequency to remote frequency challenge
response sequence occurs. Specifically,
when the driver approaches the vehicle
and pulls the driver’s door handle, the
doors will unlock. When the driver
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Reports, Forms and Recordkeeping Requirements; Agency Information
Collection Activity Under OMB Review
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department Of Transportation.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this notice announces that the Information
Collection Request (ICR) abstract below has been forwarded to the
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and comment. The ICR
describes the nature of the information collections and their expected
burden. The Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period was
published on March 14, 2014 (79 FR 14593). The agency received no
comments.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before June 26, 2014.
ADDRESSES: Send comments, within 30 days, to the Office of Information
and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 725-17th
Street NW., Washington, DC 20503, Attention NHTSA Desk Officer.
Comments are invited on: Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the Department, including whether the information will have practical
utility; the accuracy of the Department's estimate of the burden of the
proposed information collection; ways to enhance the quality, utility
and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways to minimize
the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including
the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology. Comments to OMB are most effective if OMB
receives them within 30 days of publication.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Deborah Mazyck at the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of International Policy,
Fuel Economy and Consumer Programs, 1200
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New Jersey Avenue SE., West Building, Room W43-443, Washington, DC
20590. Ms. Mazyck's telephone number is (202-366-4139).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Title: 49 CFR Part 583-Automobile Parts Content Labeling.
OMB Number: 2127-0573.
Type of Request: Request for public comment on a previously
approved collection of information.
Abstract: Part 583 establishes requirements for the disclosure of
information relating to the countries of origin of the equipment of new
passenger motor vehicles. This information will be used by NHTSA to
determine whether manufacturers are complying with the American
Automobile Labeling Act (49 U.S.C. 32304). The American Automobile
Labeling Act requires all new passenger motor vehicles (including
passenger cars, certain small buses, all light trucks and multipurpose
passenger vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of 8,500 pounds
or less), to bear labels providing information about domestic and
foreign content of their equipment. With the affixed label on the new
passenger motor vehicles, it serves as an aid to potential purchasers
in the selection of new passenger motor vehicles by providing them with
information about the value of the U.S./Canadian and foreign parts of
each vehicle, the countries of origin of the engine and transmission,
and the site of the vehicle's final assembly.
NHTSA anticipates approximately 21 vehicle manufacturers will be
affected by these reporting requirements. NHTSA does not believe that
any of these 21 manufacturers are a small business (i.e., one that
employs less than 500 persons) since each manufacturer employs more
than 500 persons. Manufacturers of new passenger motor vehicles,
including passenger cars, certain small buses, and light trucks with a
gross vehicle weight rating of 8,500 pounds or less, must file a report
annually.
Affected Public: Vehicle manufacturers.
Estimated Total Annual Burden: NHTSA estimates that the vehicle
manufacturers will incur a total annual reporting hour and cost burden
of 52,962 hours and $2,439,108 respectively. The amount includes annual
burden hours incurred by multi-stage manufacturers and motor vehicle
equipment suppliers. We estimate that the annual reporting and
recordkeeping hour burden of 52,962 remains the same because there was
no change in the number of respondents. There is an increase in annual
cost due to inflation.
Claude H. Harris,
Acting Associate Administrator for Rulemaking.
[FR Doc. 2014-12128 Filed 5-23-14; 8:45 am]
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