Woman passes driver’s exam on 950th try

November 10th, 2009

KOREA-DRIVER/

A woman who tried to pass the written exam for a driver’s license with near-daily attempts since April 2005 has finally succeeded on her 950th time.

The aspiring South Korean driver spent more than 5 million won ($4,500) in application fees, but until now had failed to score the minimum 60 out of a possible 100 points needed to get behind the wheel for a driving test.

Cha Sa-soon, 68, finally passed the written exam with a score of 60 on Wednesday, said Choi Young-chul, a police official at the drivers’ license agency in Jeonju, 200 kilometres south of Seoul.

Police said Ms. Cha took the test hundreds of times, but had no specific total. Local media said she took the test 950 times.

Now she must pass a driving test before getting her license, Ms. Choi said.

Repeated calls to Ms. Cha seeking comment went unanswered. She told the Korea Times newspaper she needed the license for her vegetable-selling business.

via theglobeandmail.com

I’d like to share my thoughts on this, but when I read the article my brain exploded.

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  • Marieke

    Honestly, the idea of that woman behind the wheel scares me. I don’t know if Korean driving rules are that much different or more complicated than those I’ve dealt with in various countries, especially having done my written test in 2 different ones, but the fact that you can screw that up 950 times, or even anything more than a few times, is scary to me to the nth degree.

    Either she has some serious learning disability that affected her, or she just shouldn’t drive. Ever. Maybe both.