County rejects appeal for traffic lights at dangerous school crossing
County rejects appeal for traffic lights at dangerous school crossing
2025-11-20
A zebra crossing outside a high school in Hsinchu County has become the scene of frequent near-misses. Students stepping into the road find themselves dodging not only cars but scooters that zip past without slowing. Despite appeals from the school for push-button traffic lights to keep kids safe, county officials rejected the request, arguing that a signal would disrupt vehicle flow. Instead, they advised students to walk 50 meters to another crossing that does have traffic lights.
Getting to school is risky business. A student looks left and right, before dashing across on the zebra crossing.
That was a close one! The scooter braked just in time to avoid a crash.
This is the situation outside a high school in Zhubei. There’s no traffic lights at all, and students risks their lives going to class.
Member of public
Finds crossing unsafe
The cars can go quite fast. It’s really so scary. There’s bound to be accidents there.
The school had requested the county government to install a push-button traffic light. But the request was rejected on grounds that it would disrupt traffic flow, as there are three schools along a 300m stretch of road.
Chiang Ying-han
Police officer
There are many schools next to each other on this road. At the start and end of the school day, there are many students and parents in the area, and there’s a lot off traffic. We advise people to drive slowly in that area, and to yield and stop for pedestrians.
Chang Chi-ming
Hsinchu County Government
There is a crossing with traffic lights 50m down Zhongyang Road, near the intersection with Provincial Highway 1. Students are advised to use that when traffic controls aren’t in place.
At the start and end of class, teachers are dispatched to the crossing to guide traffic. The county government says that outside those hours, students should take the longer but safer way around.
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校門口只有斑馬線無號誌燈 學生上學過馬路超驚險
2025-11-20
最近有民眾在竹北目擊，學生上學過馬路的驚險畫面，雖然他走斑馬線，但來往車輛不禮讓，加上沒有紅綠燈，最後只好用衝的，有騎士因此急煞，令人捏把冷汗。據了解，校方曾爭取設置按鈕式紅綠燈但遭拒，除了同條路上有三所學校外，交旅處表示附近50公尺已經有紅綠燈了。
學校前，怎麼過個馬路這麼難，學生左看右看，衝過沒有號誌的斑馬線。
唉呦!還好機車有急煞，否則撞上還得了。
這裡是竹北陽明交大附中校門前的馬路，只有斑馬線，卻沒紅綠燈，學生過個馬路超危險。
[[民眾]]
“有時候真的車速很快，年輕的開車嚇死人，真的嚇死人。這裡很容易出車禍。”
校方曾向縣府交通處，爭取設置按鈕式紅綠燈，但卻遭回覆，這條路短短不到三百公尺，有三所學校，裝上紅綠燈會影響車流。
[[新竹竹北所副所長 江映涵]]
“該路段鄰近多間學校，上下學時段學生與家長通行頻繁，車流量亦大，呼籲駕駛行經此處，務必減速慢行，並確實停讓行人。”
[[新竹縣交旅處副處長 張淇銘]]
“陽交大附中前方右側約50公尺，靠台一線路口，設有穿越中央路之行穿線，並設有號誌燈，那非導護時段建議學童可以藉由該處來做通行。”
上下課時間有校內老師協助學生過馬路，縣府請學生其他時間走有紅綠燈的斑馬線。
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