Utah's Red Light Proposal Poem by Darwin Henry Beuning

Utah's Red Light Proposal

Rating: 4.5


Latest law
Pending in Zion Land

Allowing drivers
To proceed through a red light,
After having come to a complete stop.

If passed,
I can hear the excuses now,
The sun was in my eyes!
I had the right of way!

They just did not see
Death coming their way

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
0655am,28 February 2018.Just watching the morning news on TV, when this latest news caught my eye. I hope it does not pass. You already can make a right on red after having come to a complete stop.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Kim Barney 25 January 2021

I though I had commented on this before, but I don't see my comment now. I don't think this law ever passed, did it?

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Michael Walker 28 February 2018

A most powerful last line. I am amazed that Utah would even consider such a lenient law. An accident, or Death, is always a potential threat on New Zealand roads also.

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Darwin Henry Beuning 28 February 2018

Oh by the way, Utah does not have Red Light Districts, you have to visit Nevada for that.

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Darwin Henry Beuning

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