Distractions such as peer passengers (driving someone around your own age) and talking or texting on a cell phone while driving can be deadly for teens. driving a friend home from practice or to the movies may seem harmless, but your crash risk doubles if you have one peer passenger in the car and actually more than triples with two or more peer passengers. cell phones pose another major threat. although many people consider a hands-free cell a safe option, crash risk is higher when any type of cell phone is used. these distractions are so dangerous because they take your focus off of the road and lower your reaction time for dealing with potential hazards. – “why teens may crash,” the children’s hospital of philadelphia how does the information in the passage encourage responsible decisions by teen drivers? talking or texting is deadly for teen drivers. using a hands-free cell phone is safe while driving. the crash risk doubles for teens with one peer passenger. distractions while driving lower the reaction time.

The passage is basically saying that any form of distraction can be deadly for teen drivers, distractions in this example including peer passengers and using any type of cell phone for any purpose while driving. In this way the passage is encouraging teen drivers to make responsible decisions by getting them to realize that distractions while driving lower the reaction time, therefore they need to be aware of such things to be safer drivers. They need to limit the amount of distractions they have while driving.  

                                                        water

a colorless, transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain and is the basis of the fluids of living organisms.

                                                        halon  

any of a number of unreactive gaseous compounds of carbon with bromine and other halogens, used in fire extinguishers, but now known to damage the ozone layer.

                                                  dry chemical

extinguishing agent used on class a, class b, and class c fires.

                                                  carbon dioxide

a colorless, odorless gas produced by burning carbon and organic compounds and by respiration. it is naturally present in air (about 0.03 percent) and is absorbed by plants in photosynthesis.