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Jeff Michael
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
January 21, 2014
[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 13 (Tuesday, January 21, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3468-3470]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-01014]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
[U.S. DOT Docket No. NHTSA-2013-0141]
Reports, Forms, and Recordkeeping Requirements
AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), DOT.
ACTION: Request for public comment on proposed collection of
information.
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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 24, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by DOT Docket ID Number
NHTSA-2013-0141 using any of the following methods:
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. Dereece Smither, Contracting
Officer's Technical Representative, Office of Behavioral Safety
Research (NTI-131), National Highway Traffic Safety Administration,
1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., W46-489, Washington, DC 20590. Dr.
Smither's phone number is 202-366-9794 and her email address is
dereece.smither@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:
Title--Evaluation of the Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving
Enforcement (ARIDE) Curriculum
Type of Request--New information collection requirement.
OMB Clearance Number--None.
Form Number--NHTSA Forms 1230, 1231, 1232, 1233, 1234, 1235, 1236,
1237, 1238, and 1239.
Requested Expiration Date of Approval--3 years from date of
approval.
Summary of the Collection of Information--NHTSA proposes to conduct
an evaluation of the Advanced Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement
(ARIDE) Curriculum. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) and the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)
currently offers a 16-hour instructor-led course entitled Advanced
Roadside Impaired Driving Enforcement (ARIDE) to law enforcement
officers. This training, currently in use in many States, is an effort
to train officers to recognize the signs and symptoms of persons who
may be under the influence of drugs, including alcohol. The ARIDE
program has been described by law enforcement leaders as a valuable
tool for officers in the identification of impaired drivers.
This evaluation will assess the ways in which the ARIDE course is
implemented and will examine learner performance. Key study measures
include:
Similarities and differences in course delivery among
various ARIDE courses;
Course participants' short- and long-term retention of
information learned during the training; and,
The overall effect of the training on the student's
performance of their enforcement duties.
These measures will be captured using videotaped observations,
interviews with participants, instructors, and fellow officers, and
examining course assessments. Law enforcement officers who have not
attended the course will serve as a control group. Data from four
different groups of participants will be a collected during the course
of this project:
Law Enforcement Officers taking the ARIDE Training will be
given a
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course survey, pre and post-course tests, and a follow-up observational
survey,
Law Enforcement Officials will be interviewed about their
respective officers and about the ARIDE program in general,
Course Administrators and Instructors will be surveyed
about course implementation,
Colleagues of the ARIDE-Trained Officers, including DRE
(Drug Recognition Experts) Officers, will be surveyed about their
interactions with ARIDE-Trained and non-ARIDE-Trained Officers.
Participation by all respondents is voluntary. The personally
identifiable information used to contact respondents would be held
separately from the information provided by all participants so that no
connection can be made between the two. All results will be reported in
aggregate.
Description of the Need for the Information and Proposed Use of the
Information--NHTSA was established to reduce the number of deaths,
injuries, and economic losses resulting from motor vehicle crashes on
the Nation's highways. As part of this statutory mandate, NHTSA is
authorized to conduct research as a foundation for the development of
motor vehicle standards and traffic safety programs.
NHTSA has received several directives regarding training law
enforcement officers to identify DUID (the most recent, the Office of
National Drug Control Policy's strategy \1\ for preventing drugged
driving). Therefore, it is important that NHTSA provide the most up-to-
date, informative, applicable, and effective (in terms of cost, time,
and resources) curriculum possible to a broad audience of law
enforcement officers.
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\1\ Office of National Drug Control Policy (2010). The
Presidents' national drug control strategy--2010 (pp. 23-24).
Washington, DC: Author. Retrieved from http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/publications/policy/ndcs10/index.html.
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For many types of courses, NHTSA will hear that the training was a
``success'' because hundreds of students were trained, or because a
certain number of students passed the test with a ``high'' score.
However, neither of these explanations is sufficient to inform us as to
what the students learned, whether, and for how long, they will retain
the knowledge, and how they will use that information. NHTSA is
interested in implementing strong and pertinent curricula, and
conducting solid evaluations of those courses that can help teach
individuals (in this case, law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and
other traffic safety professionals) in a cost-effective manner, about
recognition of drug and alcohol impairment. Therefore, the purpose of
this project is to evaluate the ARIDE curriculum, as it is currently
delivered, and assess the overall effectiveness of linking the
objectives to the course materials, and how the objectives contribute
to enhancing the officers' skill at making informed arrest decisions at
the roadside. Overall, the information gained as a result of this
project will be instrumental in guiding potential improvements to the
training of officers in the detection, apprehension, and prosecution of
impaired drivers.
Description of the Likely Respondents (Including Estimated Number,
and Proposed Frequency of Response to the Collection of Information)--
The primary data collection populations for this research design
include:
Law enforcement officers, specifically ARIDE Training
Participants (learner group) and individuals that intend to take the
ARIDE training in the near future (control group);
Partners/colleagues of law enforcement officers,
specifically the peers of the individuals in the learner and control
groups, including DREs;
First-line supervisors and Leaders of law enforcement
officers in both the learner and control groups; and
ARIDE Course Administrators/Instructors.
The IACP and NHTSA offer approximately 150 classes annually, which
provide training to approximately 2400 officers each year. Based on our
research of the design effects of similar studies and prior experiences
evaluating other training programs, as well as the accommodation of
current project fiscal parameters, we propose a two stage sampling plan
of selecting a total of 1200 participants across states (N=1200).
First, we will select six states nationwide that plan to have ARIDE
courses in 2014/2015 to obtain a sample population of 1200 potential
participants that satisfy the inclusion criterion above. The states
will be selected to represent different regions of the country, and, if
relevant, different policies in the implementation of ARIDE. To secure
the control group, states that mandate 100 percent ARIDE course
participation will not be selected, nor will states with so few
participants that the intended sample size cannot be obtained. Our
sampling plan assumes an average of 20 participants per course
administration, and five course administrations per state.
NHTSA expects the ARIDE Training Participants to complete course
assessment and survey materials and post-course follow up materials
which will be made available in online and paper versions. NHTSA
estimates that the ARIDE Training Participants will take an average of
7 hours to complete the course assessment materials and post-course
assessment and survey information. The Control Group study participants
will require only 1 hour to complete the knowledge assessment and
survey information. NHTSA estimates partners and colleagues of the law
enforcement officers who have completed the ARIDE course will need
approximately 20 minutes to complete a survey about ARIDE-trained and
non-ARIDE-trained officer's activities. NHTSA estimates that the
Supervisors and Organizational Leaders of ARIDE and non-ARIDE trained
officers will need approximately 1 hour to complete interview and
survey information about their respective officers and about the ARIDE
program in general. The survey of ARIDE Course Administrators and
Instructors gauging their opinions about course administration and
implementation will require about 30 minutes to complete.
Estimate of the Total Annual Reporting and Recordkeeping Burden
Resulting From the Collection of Information--NHTSA estimates that the
ARIDE Training Participants will take an average of 7 hours to complete
the course assessment materials and post-course assessment and survey
information, for a total of 4200 hours for the assessments/surveys (600
ARIDE Training Participants x 7 hours). The Control Group study
participants will require 1 hour to complete the knowledge assessment
and survey information, which would produce a total of 600 hours burden
(600 non-ARIDE-Trained officers x 1 hour). NHTSA estimates Partners and
Colleagues of the law enforcement officers who have completed the ARIDE
course will need approximately 20 minutes to complete a survey about
ARIDE-trained and non-ARIDE-trained officer's activities, which would
result in a burden of 34 hours (100 colleagues x 20 minutes). NHTSA
estimates that the Supervisors and Organizational Leaders of ARIDE and
non-ARIDE trained officers will need approximately 1 hour to complete
interview and survey information about their respective officers and
about the ARIDE program in general, which would result in a burden of
50 hours (50 Law Enforcement Supervisors/Leaders). The survey of ARIDE
Course Administrators and Instructors gauging their opinions about
course administration and
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implementation will require about 30 minutes to finish, which will
produce a burden of 20 hours (40 Course Administrators/Instructors x 30
minutes). NHTSA expects that the study period will cover a single
calendar year. Thus the annual reporting burden would be 4,904 hours.
The respondents would not incur any reporting cost from the information
collection. The respondents also would not incur any record keeping
burden or record keeping cost from the information collection.
Authority: 44 U.S.C. Section 3506(c)(2)(A).
Issued on: January 15, 2014.
Jeff Michael,
Associate Administrator, Research and Program Development.
[FR Doc. 2014-01014 Filed 1-17-14; 8:45 am]
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