Summer Sadness Poem by Darwin Henry Beuning

1 July 2016,4: 30am. doing what I love to do, reviewing poems. With local news in the background. A Utah Highway Patrol, (UHP) update, to date there have been 38 traffic deaths in Utah, during the 101 deadliest days of summer. And the count goes on.

We just celebrated the Labor Day weekend here in Utah. Eighty-nine traffic deaths were reported in Utah during the 101 deadliest days of summer. This is down from the one hundred and eleven reported in 2015.

This year 102 people died on Utah roads during the time period.

Summers can be a sad time, when they should be joyful. The road toll is high in my country also. It is compulsory to wear a seat belt in NZ. An engaging, statistics poem, which made me think deeper about driving.

9 April 2018,0820am. Utah highway fatalities are down by a third in the first quarter of 2018. A total of 22 have died so far, compared with 33 having died last year. Statistics this year reflect a more Normal amount of fatal crashes. I do not think there is anything normal about Death. 4 of the people who dies in crashes were pedestrians. Of the 18 people who died why driving or riding in a vehicle,7 had not been wearing seat belts. Our American highways are Highways of Death.

0600am,7 September. Utah's Deadliest Days of Summer are over. 87 lives were lost, of which,25 were not wearing seat belts. This is only traffic accidents. Lower than previous years.

AND no radio! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !