South Korean woman fails driving test 771 times

[Orphia Nay]

A South Korean grandmother has failed her written driving test 771 times.

Police in the city of Jeonju said the 68-year-old woman has taken, and failed, the written test repeatedly since April 2005.

She failed the exam once again on Monday but has said that she will continue trying.

[...]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7871989.stm

After how many attempts is it a good idea to just give it up as being hopeless?

I wonder if it's a problem with reading and writing, or whether she actually is wilfully ignorant of the rules of the road.

[Smackety]

Umm...that works out to her taking the test 5 days a week since April 2005. I don't believe it, no one can fail the same test that many times.

[Miss_Kitt]

I believe this woman, or her close relatives, regularly drives in the Bellevue Square parking garage. She parks (in multiple stalls) and heads into Nordstrom's...

[Orphia Nay]

Umm...that works out to her taking the test 5 days a week since April 2005. I don't believe it, no one can fail the same test that many times.

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/05/korea.driving.license/

In the beginning, Cha went to the license office almost every day. Now, she no longer works but still turns up once a week, Choi said.

The office estimates she has spent more than 4 million won ($2,888) in exam fees


5 days a week since April 2005 would be 980 times... hmmm, 771 times is theoretically possible. :con2:

[Smackety]

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/05/korea.driving.license/



5 days a week since April 2005 would be 980 times... hmmm, 771 times is theoretically possible. :con2:

Okay, 4 days a week =)

[UnrepentantSinner]

There's a joke in this that writes itself, but I'm not that politically incorrect.

* UnrepentantSinner steps aside for the the Marquis

[ARubberChickenWithAPulley]

Having lived in South Korea for 3+ years (I left in 2007), I'm guessing her problem is that she's obeying traffic law too much and being too polite. Automatic failures.

In Korea, when you actually get on the road, you must disregard every and any law they teach you on the written test, and drive like you're the only on the street.

[666]

I wonder why the 771st failure made the news, yet her previous 770 failures were somehow not newsworthy?

[Smackety]

Someone should really tell her that she needs to pick different answers.

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(Sorry. For some reason, my 501st post had to be one of monumental inanity.)

[TragicMonkey]

You think she'd figure out that just picking the opposite of what she thinks is the right answer would probably score better.

[paperskater]

.......... Mom?


:p

[NobbyNobbs]

.......... Mom?


:p


Thanks. Now I have to clean the milk off my keyboard and screen.

[UnrepentantSinner]

.......... Mom?


:p
:egglaugh:

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In defense of the woman in the OP, that's only 200 more times than the average South Korean woman fails the driving test.
:duck:

[MattusMaximus]

Well, you've got to give it to the ol' gal... she's persistent!

[timhau]

Well, you've got to give it to the ol' gal... she's persistent!

Yeah. That's what makes it bad.

I teach at a university. I have bright students, and I have dumb students. I have students that give up easily, and students who are persistent. The bright, persistent ones are great. The bright but easily discouraged are a bit tragic with all the talent they waste. The dumb and easily discouraged ones just pass through without leaving a mark. The dumb but persistent ones are a major pain in the ass.

[El Greco]

Eventually she will pass, it's just a matter of probabilities. Assuming there are 50 questions with 4 choices each... uhmmm.... no, she'd better win the lottery.

[Zep]

I think she is in love with the examiner...

[TX50]

Having lived in South Korea for 3+ years (I left in 2007), I'm guessing her problem is that she's obeying traffic law too much and being too polite. [...]

But she hasn't even got into a car yet. This is the written test that
she can't pass. Now for another 700-800 attempts at the practical
driving test.

Maybe she just doesn't understand teh principle, that she isn't supposed
to just pick the answers at random. It isn't a lottery.

This reminds me a bit of a line from Red Dwarf:

Rimmer: "I have sat the astro-engineering exam, you know. Nine times. So
I know what I'm talking about!"

[Rob Lister]

Maybe she can't read. That would explain it.

[bignickel]

Spongebob?

[Lanzy]

Thanks for the link. I have forwarded it to my granddaughter in the hopes of cheering her up. She just passed her test on the 13th try, and believes she owns the record.

[Edges]

For some reason this story makes me think of this:

Larry: I think I know what I'm talking about, alright? I didn't spend 12 years in Kindergarten because I'm stupid!
Steve: Why did you then?
Larry: I got my foot caught in the radiator

[BPSCG]

I believe this woman, or her close relatives, regularly drives in the Bellevue Square parking garage. She parks (in multiple stalls) and heads into Nordstrom's...You need to click here (http://cartalk.com/content/timekill/tickets/images/ticket-parking.gif) and print off a few to keep in your glove box.

I put one under the windshield of a mammoth Chevy Suburban (with an Obama for president bumper sticker - wonder what she thinks of his energy and environmental policies...) last week when she pulled into a couple of parking spaces, easily straddling the line between them, got out of her SUV without even a look to see if she'd parked properly, and waddled off to the Safeway.

Under "make and model", I didn't feel like writing out "Cheverlot Suburban,", so I just wrote out a nasty epithet that rhymes with "glassbowl."

[P.J. Denyer]

Could be worse. It always scares the hell out of me when the local news does one of the 'Isn't it wonderful that Granny X finally passed her car test on the 50th attempt' stories. Frankly if it takes you that many attempts to not do anything dangerous for 40 minutes you simply shouldn't be driving. I'm normally on a motorbike and I just know that these are the people doing 40 in the 60 limit, then 40 in the 30 limit and then slaming on their brakes to turn right without indicating!

With the bike test these days you have to do a CBT test before you're allowed on the road at all and if you don't pass within a year your provisional license is suspended for a year AND then you have to retake the CBT before you can get back on your bike (and the cycle repeats). With the delay in getting a test appointment being what it is weeds out the people who just can't get it pretty damn quick..... Unfortunately they then go and get cars with no such restrictions instead..

[I Ratant]

I believe this woman, or her close relatives, regularly drives in the Bellevue Square parking garage. She parks (in multiple stalls) and heads into Nordstrom's...
.
I've seen her here also! With all the relatives that can fit in a compact... a surprising number, that, none of the children in child seats, and changing lanes at random.
If she ever gets to the driving test, her inspector is probably going to leap out for his own safety before they leave the DMV lot!
Sweet Thang, who is the world's worst driver, even notices and complains about that gal!

[luchog]

I believe this woman, or her close relatives, regularly drives in the Bellevue Square parking garage. She parks (in multiple stalls) and heads into Nordstrom's...
I seem to encounter her nearly every time I try to drive through Capitol Hill or the U-District as well. I think she's the one always turning left at the "no left turn" signs.

[luchog]

For some reason this story makes me think of this:

Larry: I think I know what I'm talking about, alright? I didn't spend 12 years in Kindergarten because I'm stupid!
Steve: Why did you then?
Larry: I got my foot caught in the radiator

Which reminds me of this:

Charles De Mar: I've been going to this high school for seven and a half years. I'm no dummy.

[Flashman]

If there was any justice in the world, all women would fail their driving test at least 771 times. I mean, they're cute and what have you - but come on...fair's fair.

:biggrin:

[shuize]

I don't think she's really trying. Perhaps she lacks sufficient motivation. The next time she goes in for her test, the examiners should tell her that if she fails again, they're going to start using her as a "parking cone" for those who've failed the driving test 700 times.