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1、CarcrashesarethetopkillerofAmericanteenagers.Mostofthecrashesresultfromdistracteddriving—notpayingattentiontotheroad.RyanDidonewasafifteen-year-oldpassengerinacarthathitatree.Hewasoneofthenation'smorethanthirtythousandvictimsoftrafficcrashesin2008.Nearlyfourthousanddeaths,abou

2、ttwelvepercentinvolveddriversagefifteentotwenty.Ryan'sfather,ThomasDidone,isapolicecaptaininMaryland."Itwasaninexperienced,immaturedriverdrivingatnightwithacarloadofkids.Hewasdistracted,hewasgoingtoofast,anditendedupcausingonedeathandsomeseriouslyinjured."Hesharesthestoryofhis

3、son'sdeathtohelpeducateteensandtheirfamiliesaboutdistracteddriving.JimJenningsfromtheAllstateInsuranceCompanysaysthenumberonecauseofdistracted-drivingaccidentsisthemobilephone.Hesaystalkingonthephoneorreachingforitislikedrinkingfourbeersanddriving."Ifyou'retextingwhiledriving,

4、youaretwenty-threetimesmorelikelytogetintoanaccidentthansomebodywhoisn't."Governmentandprivategroupsareusingpublicserviceannouncementsandeventstobringmoreattentiontotheproblem.Forexample,theinsuranceindustryrecentlyheldasafetyeventforteendrivers.Atfirst,nineteen-year-oldKevinS

5、chumanneasilyavoidedlarge,inflatabledollsthrowninfrontofthecartorepresentchildren.Healsoavoidedorangeconesrepresentingtheedgeoftheroad.Then,aspartofthetest,hestartedtexting.Hehitseveralconesandatleastonedoll."That'swhatreallyopeneduptheexperienceformetoprovehowbaditistoreallyt

6、extanddrive."DebbiePickfordofAllstateInsurancesaysteensareespeciallyatriskfromdistracteddriving—andnotjustbecausetheylackexperienceontheroads."Accordingtotheresearch,teensdon'treallyhavefullydevelopedbrainsuntilthey'retwenty-fiveyearsold.Youputthosetwothingstogetherandyougetam

7、uch,muchhigherrisk."Anewlawproposesagraduateddriverlicensingsystem.Graduatedmeansteenagersstartwithrestrictionslikeonnightdrivingandnumbersofpassengers.Theycouldnotgetafulldriver'slicenseuntilageeighteen.45.Ofallthefollowing,whichisthebesttitleforthepassage?A.CarCrashes—theTop

8、KillerB.DrunkenDrivingC.DistractedDrivingD.HowtoAvoidCarCrash