Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Request for Comment; Advanced Drunk Driving Prevention Technology Telltale Development
Published Date: 7/28/2026
Notice
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 document describes a new collection of information for which NHTSA intends to seek OMB approval on the development and evaluation of an advanced drunk driving prevention technology telltale. A Federal Register Notice with a 60-day comment period soliciting comments on the following information collection was published on December 15, 2025. NHTSA received ten comments. While process improvements are planned in response to the comments, there were no changes to the design of the information collection that affects the burden calculation.
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 2 costs, 0 mixed.
Alcohol-dosed participants reach ~0.08 BrAC
If you volunteer for the alcohol-dosed visits, you will be given alcohol to reach an approximate Breath Alcohol Concentration (BrAC) of .08 g/210L, will be measured repeatedly, must wait at the research site until your BrAC is at or below .03 g/210L, and must complete an agreement that you will not drive, bike, or walk home after the visit.
Study size and total respondent burden
NHTSA plans to collect information from an estimated total of 1,350 respondents (Study 1A: 550; Study 1B: 600; Study 2: 200) with an estimated total burden of 647 hours (218 annual hours) across the three-year approval period.
Participants receive payments and incentives
People who participate will receive financial incentives and must complete a substitute W-9 for payment; Study 2 will use a "reward vs. penalty" payout model to simulate tradeoffs and the protocol includes baseline payouts with deductions to emulate real-world decisions.
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