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Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget for Review
and Approval; Request for Comment;
Title: FMVSS Considerations for
Vehicles With Automated Driving
Systems: Seating Preference Study
National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments on a request for approval of
a new information collection.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), this notice announces that the
Information Collection Request (ICR)
summarized below will be submitted to
the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) for review and approval. The ICR
describes the nature of the information
collection and its expected burden. This
is a new collection of information to
conduct an experiment to gather both
objective and subjective data regarding
occupant/passenger seat preference in
Automated Driving System-Dedicated
Vehicles (ADS–DVs). A Federal Register
Notice with a 60-day comment period
SUMMARY:
soliciting comments on the following
information collection was published on
March 7, 2022. No relevant comments
were received.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on
or before April 19, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection, including
suggestions for reducing burden, should
be submitted to the Office of
Management and Budget at
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain.
To find this particular information
collection, select ‘‘Currently under
Review—Open for Public Comment’’ or
use the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information or access to
background documents, contact Debbie
Sweet, Office of Vehicle Safety Research
(NVS–010), (202) 366–7179, National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration,
W46–413, U.S. Department of
Transportation, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et
seq.), a Federal agency must receive
approval from the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) before it collects
certain information from the public and
a person is not required to respond to
a collection of information by a Federal
agency unless the collection displays a
valid OMB control number. In
compliance with these requirements,
this notice announces that the following
information collection request will be
submitted OMB.
Title: FMVSS Considerations for
Vehicles with Automated Driving
Systems: Seating Preference Study.
OMB Control Number: New.
Form Number(s): NHTSA Forms 1624,
1625, and 1626.
TABLE 1—FORMS TO BE USED IN THE STUDY
NHTSA Form 1624 .........................
NHTSA Form 1625 .........................
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NHTSA Form 1626 .........................
Eligibility Questionnaire—FMVSS Considerations for Vehicles with Automated Driving Systems: Seating
Preference Study.
Demographic Questionnaire—FMVSS Considerations for Vehicles with Automated Driving Systems: Seating Preference Study.
Post Experiment Questionnaire—FMVSS Considerations for Vehicles with Automated Driving Systems:
Seating Preference Study.
Type of Request: New collection.
Type of Review Requested: Regular.
Requested Expiration Date of
Approval: 3 years from date of approval.
Summary of the Collection of
Information:
49 U.S.C. 30181, 30182, and 30183
authorize the Secretary of
Transportation (NHTSA by delegation)
to conduct research, development, and
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testing programs, including activities
related to new and emerging
technologies that impact, or that may
impact, motor vehicle safety. NHTSA
proposes to collect information from the
public regarding occupant/passenger
seat preference in Automated Driving
System-Dedicated Vehicles (ADS–DVs).
Adults aged 18 and older will
participate in an on-road study after
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giving informed consent. Participants
will ride in one passenger vehicle and
two ADS–DVs on a closed test track.
Questionnaire data will be collected at
the beginning and end of participation
for each participant. Objective data will
be collected via the data acquisition
systems installed in each study vehicle.
The data from each participant will be
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combined, stratified by demographic
information and analyzed.
There are four information collections
for the study. The (1) Eligibility
Questionnaire will be used to identify
eligible participants for this study;
results from this questionnaire will not
be kept or analyzed. Candidates who are
selected for the study will participate in
a single test-track experiment and will
complete two additional questionnaires
while participating in the experiment.
The (2) Demographic Questionnaire will
be used for description of the
participant sample (e.g., number of
males and females in the dataset, final
age range for all participants, and
driving experience range for all
participants). This is necessary to
compare the sample collected to the
general driving population. The (3)
objective data collected via data
acquisition systems installed in each
study vehicle during the test-track
experiment is necessary for collecting
information about participants’ seat
selection, any seat changes during the
ride, seat belt use, and how participants
interact with the HMI. The (4) Post
Experiment Questionnaire will be used
to analyze the perceptions and opinions
of ADS–DV technology within the
participant sample, as well as to gather
any comments regarding their seat
preference and seat belt use. This data
will be used to determine how and why
participants choose seating preferences
in ADS–DVs.
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Description of the Need for the
Information and Proposed Use of the
Information
60-Day Notice
The National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration’s (NHTSA’s) mission is
to save lives, prevent injuries, and
reduce economic losses resulting from
motor vehicle crashes. ADS technology
is rapidly developing, and current
Federal motor vehicle safety standards
(FMVSS) and/or NHTSA guidance may
need to be adapted to ensure this
technology is deployed safely. Many of
NHTSA’s FMVSS focus on particular
seating positions and thus, changes in
seating preferences could impact those
FMVSS. This study will provide
NHTSA information about the seating
preferences of occupants in vehicles
that do not require a human driver in
the left front seat. Several safety
outcomes stem from occupant seating
preference, which may change in the
future as Automated Driving Systems
(ADS) change seating configurations and
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the way people use vehicles. ADSDedicated Vehicles (ADS–DVs) are
vehicles that lack manually operated
driving controls, and therefore do not
require a human driver or occupant to
drive the vehicle or sit in the left front
seat (the ‘‘driver’s seat’’ in conventional
vehicles). In conventional vehicles,
there is the basic assumption that a
human will always be in the left front
seat while the vehicle is operating
because a human driver would be
necessary to operate those vehicles.
ADS–DVs provide the opportunity for
occupants to sit in any seat they choose
in the vehicle. It is currently unknown
where occupants may choose to sit
when riding in an ADS–DV. Moreover,
new seating configurations for
occupants of ADS–DVs may necessitate
changes to how and where information
is presented to occupants about their
responsibilities as occupants (e.g.,
closing doors, fastening seatbelts).
Furthermore, occupants will need a
human-machine interface (HMI) to
provide input that they are ready for the
ride to begin, or to request that the ride
stop. At present, no standardized or
otherwise commercially produced HMIs
exist for this purpose. Therefore, in
order to conduct the research, a
prototype HMI will be developed. The
two main goals for this study are to:
1. Describe the occupant distribution
for ADS–DVs (i.e., seating distribution).
2. Use the prototype HMI to evaluate
whether occupants would choose to
initiate a ride in an ADS–DV without a
seatbelt.
A Federal Register notice with a 60day comment period soliciting public
comments on the information collection
was published on March 7, 2022 (87 FR
12772). NHTSA received one comment
on the notice that did not address the
information collection request or the
seating preference study but instead
addressed vehicle and road user safety
in general. In addition to seeking public
comment, NHTSA and the research
team have publicized this study for a
number of years across industry and
consumer events. NHTSA has socialized
this study through various means
including discussion in the publicfacing Annual Modal Research Plan
FY2022–2023, discussion during the
NHTSA Research Portfolio Fall 2022
public meeting, inclusion in a
presentation at the 2021 SAE
Government Industry Meeting, and
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discussion with industry stakeholders
through individual meetings and
association groups. Feedback regarding
the study was positive and supportive
and assistive in refinement of the study
including the human machine
interaction design and presentation.
Affected Public: Adults ages 18 and
older who meet eligibility criteria such
as holding a valid driver’s license and
having used a ride- sharing application
at least once in the past year.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
An expected total of up to 100
participants will be recruited to
participate in the study. It is estimated
that 200 respondents will be needed to
identify 100 eligible participants.
Frequency: One-time collection.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 268.
The eligibility questionnaire will have
a maximum of 28 questions and NHTSA
estimates it will take approximately 20
minutes to complete. Therefore, NHTSA
estimates the total time associated with
completing eligibility questionnaires to
be 67 hours (200 responses × 20 minutes
= 66.7 hours). Study Intake (reading
study information sheet and obtaining
participant consent, general study
instruction) is expected to take 10
minutes to complete. Both the
demographic and post-experiment
questionnaires will have a maximum of
20 questions and NHTSA estimates that
it will take each eligible participant 10
minutes to complete the demographic
questionnaire and 10 minutes to
complete the post-experiment
questionnaire. Therefore, NHTSA
estimates the total burden for Study
Intake to be 17 hours (100 responses ×
10 minutes = 16.67 hours), Demographic
Questionnaire to be 17 hours (100
responses × 10 minutes = 16.67 hours),
and the Post Experiment questionnaire
to be 17 hours (100 responses × 10
minutes = 16.67 hours). Study
participation (e.g., riding in study
vehicles on the test track) is expected to
take 90 minutes. The total burden hours
for study participation are calculated to
be 150 hours (100 responses × 90
minutes = 9,000 minutes = 150 hours).
Accordingly, NHTSA estimates the total
burden hours for this information
collection to be 268 hours. Data
collection will take less than one year.
The table below shows the estimated
burden hours for this information
collection, which accounts for the
maximum number of expected
responses and drop-outs.
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ESTIMATED BURDEN HOURS
Total
estimated
burden hours
Eligibility Questionnaire ...............................................................................................................
Study Intake .................................................................................................................................
Demographic questionnaire .........................................................................................................
Study Participation .......................................................................................................................
Post Experiment Questionnaire ...................................................................................................
200
100
100
100
100
20
10
10
90
10
67
17
17
150
17
Total ......................................................................................................................................
........................
........................
268
Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost:
The only cost burdens respondents will
incur are costs related to travel to and
from the study location. The costs are
minimal and are expected to be offset by
the honorarium that will be provided to
all research participants.
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asked to comment on any aspects of this
information collection, including (a)
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;
(b) the accuracy of the Department’s
estimate of the burden of the proposed
information collection; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility and clarity
of the information to be collected; and
(d) 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.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[Docket No. NHTSA-2022-0018]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the
Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Request for
Comment; Title: FMVSS Considerations for Vehicles With Automated
Driving Systems: Seating Preference Study
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA),
Department of Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice and request for comments on a request for approval of a
new information collection.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA),
this notice announces that the Information Collection Request (ICR)
summarized below will be submitted to the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) for review and approval. The ICR describes the nature of
the information collection and its expected burden. This is a new
collection of information to conduct an experiment to gather both
objective and subjective data regarding occupant/passenger seat
preference in Automated Driving System-Dedicated Vehicles (ADS-DVs). A
Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting
comments on the following information collection was published on March
7, 2022. No relevant comments were received.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 19, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed
information collection, including suggestions for reducing burden,
should be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget at
www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. To find this particular information
collection, select ``Currently under Review--Open for Public Comment''
or use the search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or access
to background documents, contact Debbie Sweet, Office of Vehicle Safety
Research (NVS-010), (202) 366-7179, National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, W46-413, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Under the PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), a Federal agency must
receive approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) before
it collects certain information from the public and a person is not
required to respond to a collection of information by a Federal agency
unless the collection displays a valid OMB control number. In
compliance with these requirements, this notice announces that the
following information collection request will be submitted OMB.
Title: FMVSS Considerations for Vehicles with Automated Driving
Systems: Seating Preference Study.
OMB Control Number: New.
Form Number(s): NHTSA Forms 1624, 1625, and 1626.
Table 1--Forms To Be Used in the Study
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NHTSA Form 1624................... Eligibility Questionnaire--FMVSS
Considerations for Vehicles with
Automated Driving Systems: Seating
Preference Study.
NHTSA Form 1625................... Demographic Questionnaire--FMVSS
Considerations for Vehicles with
Automated Driving Systems: Seating
Preference Study.
NHTSA Form 1626................... Post Experiment Questionnaire--FMVSS
Considerations for Vehicles with
Automated Driving Systems: Seating
Preference Study.
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Type of Request: New collection.
Type of Review Requested: Regular.
Requested Expiration Date of Approval: 3 years from date of
approval.
Summary of the Collection of Information:
49 U.S.C. 30181, 30182, and 30183 authorize the Secretary of
Transportation (NHTSA by delegation) to conduct research, development,
and testing programs, including activities related to new and emerging
technologies that impact, or that may impact, motor vehicle safety.
NHTSA proposes to collect information from the public regarding
occupant/passenger seat preference in Automated Driving System-
Dedicated Vehicles (ADS-DVs). Adults aged 18 and older will participate
in an on-road study after giving informed consent. Participants will
ride in one passenger vehicle and two ADS-DVs on a closed test track.
Questionnaire data will be collected at the beginning and end of
participation for each participant. Objective data will be collected
via the data acquisition systems installed in each study vehicle. The
data from each participant will be
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combined, stratified by demographic information and analyzed.
There are four information collections for the study. The (1)
Eligibility Questionnaire will be used to identify eligible
participants for this study; results from this questionnaire will not
be kept or analyzed. Candidates who are selected for the study will
participate in a single test-track experiment and will complete two
additional questionnaires while participating in the experiment. The
(2) Demographic Questionnaire will be used for description of the
participant sample (e.g., number of males and females in the dataset,
final age range for all participants, and driving experience range for
all participants). This is necessary to compare the sample collected to
the general driving population. The (3) objective data collected via
data acquisition systems installed in each study vehicle during the
test-track experiment is necessary for collecting information about
participants' seat selection, any seat changes during the ride, seat
belt use, and how participants interact with the HMI. The (4) Post
Experiment Questionnaire will be used to analyze the perceptions and
opinions of ADS-DV technology within the participant sample, as well as
to gather any comments regarding their seat preference and seat belt
use. This data will be used to determine how and why participants
choose seating preferences in ADS-DVs.
Description of the Need for the Information and Proposed Use of the
Information
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA's)
mission is to save lives, prevent injuries, and reduce economic losses
resulting from motor vehicle crashes. ADS technology is rapidly
developing, and current Federal motor vehicle safety standards (FMVSS)
and/or NHTSA guidance may need to be adapted to ensure this technology
is deployed safely. Many of NHTSA's FMVSS focus on particular seating
positions and thus, changes in seating preferences could impact those
FMVSS. This study will provide NHTSA information about the seating
preferences of occupants in vehicles that do not require a human driver
in the left front seat. Several safety outcomes stem from occupant
seating preference, which may change in the future as Automated Driving
Systems (ADS) change seating configurations and the way people use
vehicles. ADS-Dedicated Vehicles (ADS-DVs) are vehicles that lack
manually operated driving controls, and therefore do not require a
human driver or occupant to drive the vehicle or sit in the left front
seat (the ``driver's seat'' in conventional vehicles). In conventional
vehicles, there is the basic assumption that a human will always be in
the left front seat while the vehicle is operating because a human
driver would be necessary to operate those vehicles. ADS-DVs provide
the opportunity for occupants to sit in any seat they choose in the
vehicle. It is currently unknown where occupants may choose to sit when
riding in an ADS-DV. Moreover, new seating configurations for occupants
of ADS-DVs may necessitate changes to how and where information is
presented to occupants about their responsibilities as occupants (e.g.,
closing doors, fastening seatbelts). Furthermore, occupants will need a
human-machine interface (HMI) to provide input that they are ready for
the ride to begin, or to request that the ride stop. At present, no
standardized or otherwise commercially produced HMIs exist for this
purpose. Therefore, in order to conduct the research, a prototype HMI
will be developed. The two main goals for this study are to:
1. Describe the occupant distribution for ADS-DVs (i.e., seating
distribution).
2. Use the prototype HMI to evaluate whether occupants would choose
to initiate a ride in an ADS-DV without a seatbelt.
60-Day Notice
A Federal Register notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting
public comments on the information collection was published on March 7,
2022 (87 FR 12772). NHTSA received one comment on the notice that did
not address the information collection request or the seating
preference study but instead addressed vehicle and road user safety in
general. In addition to seeking public comment, NHTSA and the research
team have publicized this study for a number of years across industry
and consumer events. NHTSA has socialized this study through various
means including discussion in the public-facing Annual Modal Research
Plan FY2022-2023, discussion during the NHTSA Research Portfolio Fall
2022 public meeting, inclusion in a presentation at the 2021 SAE
Government Industry Meeting, and discussion with industry stakeholders
through individual meetings and association groups. Feedback regarding
the study was positive and supportive and assistive in refinement of
the study including the human machine interaction design and
presentation.
Affected Public: Adults ages 18 and older who meet eligibility
criteria such as holding a valid driver's license and having used a
ride- sharing application at least once in the past year.
Estimated Number of Respondents: An expected total of up to 100
participants will be recruited to participate in the study. It is
estimated that 200 respondents will be needed to identify 100 eligible
participants.
Frequency: One-time collection.
Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours: 268.
The eligibility questionnaire will have a maximum of 28 questions
and NHTSA estimates it will take approximately 20 minutes to complete.
Therefore, NHTSA estimates the total time associated with completing
eligibility questionnaires to be 67 hours (200 responses x 20 minutes =
66.7 hours). Study Intake (reading study information sheet and
obtaining participant consent, general study instruction) is expected
to take 10 minutes to complete. Both the demographic and post-
experiment questionnaires will have a maximum of 20 questions and NHTSA
estimates that it will take each eligible participant 10 minutes to
complete the demographic questionnaire and 10 minutes to complete the
post-experiment questionnaire. Therefore, NHTSA estimates the total
burden for Study Intake to be 17 hours (100 responses x 10 minutes =
16.67 hours), Demographic Questionnaire to be 17 hours (100 responses x
10 minutes = 16.67 hours), and the Post Experiment questionnaire to be
17 hours (100 responses x 10 minutes = 16.67 hours). Study
participation (e.g., riding in study vehicles on the test track) is
expected to take 90 minutes. The total burden hours for study
participation are calculated to be 150 hours (100 responses x 90
minutes = 9,000 minutes = 150 hours). Accordingly, NHTSA estimates the
total burden hours for this information collection to be 268 hours.
Data collection will take less than one year.
The table below shows the estimated burden hours for this
information collection, which accounts for the maximum number of
expected responses and drop-outs.
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Estimated Burden Hours
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Estimated
Maximum number individual Total
Instrument of respondents burden estimated
(minutes) burden hours
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Eligibility Questionnaire....................................... 200 20 67
Study Intake.................................................... 100 10 17
Demographic questionnaire....................................... 100 10 17
Study Participation............................................. 100 90 150
Post Experiment Questionnaire................................... 100 10 17
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Total....................................................... .............. .............. 268
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Estimated Total Annual Burden Cost: The only cost burdens
respondents will incur are costs related to travel to and from the
study location. The costs are minimal and are expected to be offset by
the honorarium that will be provided to all research participants.
Public Comments Invited: You are asked to comment on any aspects of
this information collection, including (a) 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; (b) the accuracy of the Department's estimate
of the burden of the proposed information collection; (c) ways to
enhance the quality, utility and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (d) 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.
Authority: The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995; 44 U.S.C. Chapter
35, as amended; 49 CFR 1.49; and DOT Order 1351.29.
Cem Hatipoglu,
Associate Administrator, Vehicle Safety Research, NHTSA.
[FR Doc. 2023-05569 Filed 3-17-23; 8:45 am]
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