{"abstract":"The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) plays a central role in the national effort to reduce motor vehicle related traffic injuries and deaths. Speeding has been implicated as a cause of about a third of all fatal crashes. The contributions of driving while distracted, fatigued and aggressive driving to motor vehicle crashes are thought to be substantial, however, estimates are not available. The most recent survey data collected by NHTSA on unsafe driving behaviors was administered in 1997. Since that time there have been various changes in the driving environment including an extraordinary increase in the use of wireless phones in vehicles. The purpose of this study is to gather information on driver behavior with respect to speeding, driving while distracted, aggressive driving, and fatigue. The survey will also collect data on the conditions under which these behaviors typically occur as well as the public's views toward various unsafe driving behaviors and countermeasures they would support. To acquire these data, two surveys of about 15 minutes in length will each be developed and administered to two separate national probability samples of 2,000 persons. As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, NHTSA invites the general public and Federal Agencies to comment on the need for the proposed data collection, the types of questions respondents should be asked, ways to enhance the quality of the collection, and ways to minimize the burden on respondents.","action":"Notice and request for comments on data collection.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION","name":"Transportation Department","id":492,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/transportation-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/492","parent_id":null,"slug":"transportation-department"},{"raw_name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","name":"National Highway Traffic Safety Administration","id":345,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/national-highway-traffic-safety-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/345","parent_id":492,"slug":"national-highway-traffic-safety-administration"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2001/05/11/01-11945.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"66 FR 24178","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2001-07-10","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Written comments must be submitted on or before July 10, 2001.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["U.S. DOT Docket No NHTSA-2001-9423"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"01-11945","effective_on":null,"end_page":24179,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"explanation":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2001/05/11/01-11945.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2001/05/11/01-11945/national-survey-of-speeding-driving-while-distracted-and-other-unsafe-driving-behaviors","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/01-11945?publication_date=2001-05-11","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2001-05-11/01-11945/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":2,"page_views":{"count":27,"last_updated":"2026-04-04 12:15:04 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2001-05-11/pdf/01-11945.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2001-05-11","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2001/05/11/01-11945.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":24178,"subtype":null,"title":"National Survey of Speeding, Driving While Distracted, and Other Unsafe Driving Behaviors","toc_doc":"Proposed collection; comment request","toc_subject":"Agency information collection activities:","topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":66}