Woman pulls out stool to road after car lights disrupt reading
Woman pulls out stool to road after car lights disrupt reading
2026-05-27
A book lover who had her reading disrupted by a passing car became the protagonist of a bizarre standoff at a busy intersection in Taipei’s Xinyi District. The woman was apparently enjoying some literature under a street light, when she was disrupted by the flashing blinkers of a car nearby. She confronted the driver, but the situation only escalated, and she ended up pulling out a stool to sit in front of the car, blocking its path. The standoff lasted more than half an hour before police arrived.
A woman has pulled out a stool to sit in the middle of the road. She’s as cool as a cucumber, blocking the car inches away from her. Neither party is willing to cede.
The driver has no intention of going the long way round. The woman is stoic, even with the bright headlights blasting straight at her eyes. The tense standoff got passersby calling the police.
Member of public
Saw the standoff
It took more than half an hour. They were both stubborn. When the police came, the car drove away. The woman stayed there, completely silent. Nobody got out of the car.
Lee Yu-han
FTV reporter
The standoff took place at Yongji Street in Taipei’s Xinyi District. The woman sat on the zebra crossing, obstructing traffic. Neighbors say she often reads books at the entrance to her building, and this time, she had enough of the bright car lights disrupting her reading session.
The woman left after police intervened. She said she decided to confront the driver because his car’s warning lights were blindingly bright. After their discussion fell through, she blocked the car’s path in protest. Our reporter spoke with her.
- Was it because the bright lights disrupted your reading?
- I’m in a hurry right now.
Voice of neighbor
Has seen woman reading
She’s always reading under the streetlight. She’s often sitting at the entrance reading. She’s very moody. Her brother came to visit her but she wouldn’t open the door.
Neighbors revealed that the woman lives alone and fulfills her needs with bottled water and rainfall, as her utilities have been cut off from not paying the bills. At night she likes to read at the entrance of her house, but the flashing lights took her out of the book.
The bizarre incident has ended with a NT$500 fine for the woman for obstructing traffic. Whether her eyes are OK from staring straight into the headlights remains unknown.
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臨停車雙黃燈太刺眼? 女子搬椅坐車前表不滿
2026-05-27
怎麼會拿著椅子到斑馬線，坐著擋車？詭異的舉動，發生在台北市信義區街頭，25號晚上，有一名女子坐在馬路上影響交通，警方到場瞭解，女子表示，自己在家門口看書，臨停車輛的雙黃燈太刺眼，所以才搬椅子擋住車子去路，跟駕駛大眼瞪小眼，記者實際找到她，但女子不願多談，只表示不要亂說。
女子搬了一張椅子，直接坐在斑馬線上，模樣輕鬆自在，但她擋住眼前的灰色轎車，不讓過，就是不讓過。
駕駛一臉無奈，但也沒有要繞路的打算，女子不顧強光直接照眼，小眼瞪車燈，民眾見狀，只好報警處理。
[[附近民眾]]
“(耗了)半個多小時左右，應該也是兩邊都是故意的啦，警察來了，車子也直接開走啦，女子坐在那邊不講話，車子也沒人要下車”
[[民視記者 李豫翰]]
“事發地點就在台北市信義區永吉路的美食一條街上，當時女子就坐在斑馬線上，嚴重影響人車動線，根據了解，女子平常就坐在自家門口看書，因為不滿車燈太亮，才會搬椅子抗議”
女子在警方規勸下離開現場，她表示，不滿臨停車的雙黃燈，讓她很刺眼，才會找駕駛理論，兩人達不到共識，女子乾脆檔車抗議，我們也實際找到本人。
- 是覺得車燈太亮，妨礙您閱讀是嗎
- 我正在趕急事
[[聲音來源:附近鄰居]]
“他看書都用那個燈光(路燈)啊，所以他常常會坐在門口看書，脾氣怪怪的啊，哥哥要來探望他，他都不開門”
鄰居透漏女子獨居，房子因為沒繳水電，所以靠買瓶裝水跟接雨水過日子，晚上則會坐家門口看書，這回因為雙黃燈太亮，打亂他的讀書節奏。
這起螳臂擋車事件，女子被依妨礙交通開罰500元罰單，只是再看一次畫面，女子眼睛被車燈直射，不知道她的眼睛，還好嗎？
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