Super tall pedestrian traffic light gets people craning their necks
Super tall pedestrian traffic light gets people craning their necks
2025-08-28
A traffic light that apparently was designed for giraffes is raising eyebrows in Taipei’s Nangang District. The traffic light is placed far above everyone’s heads, almost as high up as the second floor of a building. Passersby say it’s very unintuitive, and if you look at it for too long, you will get a sore neck. So what’s the deal with it? Let’s take a look.
The shop sign lights up the night. Next to it, a traffic light. Something about the proportions seems off though. Why is it so high up? Nangang residents are gobsmaked.
Lee Shih-chen
FTV reporter
In broad daylight, you won’t see the sign if you look left and right. You have to look up! The green man has moved up to the second floor.
Look upstairs to see the traffic light! What is this, a traffic light for giraffes? Don’t look too long or you might strain your neck. The unusually high traffic light has sparked much discussion, after all, it’s not the first place you’d look to see if you can cross the road.
Member of the public
I’ve never ever seen anything like this, so high up.
Member of the public
It makes no sense, it’s too high up. If you’re on a wheelchair, or on your phone, you might not see it.
Member of the public
I was wondering why I didn’t see the signal. But when I was over there I realized it was just further up.
If you live in the building’s second floor, you have a prime view of the little green man from your kitchen. A normal traffic light is about 2.1m tall and clearly visible. But this traffic light for giraffes is more than 3m tall. Where are the tall people that it’s meant for? Taipei’s Traffic Engineering Office says it’s actually intentional, as locals reported a lot of accidents at the crossing.
Voice of Lin Chia-jui
Taipei City Traffic Engineering Office
At such a height, people do need to look up to see it. Perhaps it’s not very intuitive. So we’ll adjust it to a more suitable position.
Officials say they’ll reposition the traffic light, so if you want to take a picture with this unusual sight, you better hurry,
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號誌高掛在2樓! 網友:是給長頸鹿看的號誌嗎?
2025-08-28
民眾過馬路通常都會看小綠人號誌，但在台北市南港有一處號誌、設置在二樓高，使得路人德常常要抬起頭才能看到，直呼罕見，北市交通局表示，原先是民眾反映號誌常遭受車輛撞擊，才調整號誌高度，沒想到調得太高、成了另類奇景！
夜半時分超商燈火通明，行人號誌燈也不能打烊，但這小綠人怎麼特別高，台北市南港區忠孝醫院，附近這處號誌，讓民眾都看傻了眼。
[[民視記者 李世宸]]
“大白天實際來到現場一看，怎麼左看右看都找不到號誌燈，結果往上一看哇，小綠人在2樓。”
號誌高掛在2樓，網友笑說是給長頸鹿看的號誌嗎？感覺頭舉的很痠，小綠人是空中漫步，異常高度也讓路過民眾議論紛紛，誰第一眼會看到這麼高的號誌？
[[民眾]]
“這輩子沒有看過，第一次看過擺這麼高的。”
[[民眾]]
“非常的不合理啊，因為它太高了可能有一些，坐輪椅的可能在滑手機，也不會看到那些號誌。”
[[民眾]]
“本來想說怎麼沒有看到那個標語，後來站在那邊看原來爬到上面去了。”
對面2樓住戶開窗一看，廚房窗戶直擊小綠人跑跑跑，以前掛在路邊的行人號誌，現在2樓視線剛剛好比一比一般號誌，大約高2.1公尺，行人都看得清楚，但長頸鹿版號誌，卻直接突破3公尺"，到底號誌這麼高給誰看？交工處直言，過去因為民眾陳情車禍不斷，才把號誌調高一點。
[[聲源:北市交工處工務科長 林佳睿]]
“確實在這麼高的高度上，民眾他需要再抬頭去做辨識啦，會比較沒有那麼直覺，所以我們會再去調整到一個，比較適宜的位置。”
交工處允諾，把這個號誌，重新做調整，只是無意間，讓這處小綠人成了另類奇景。
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