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How many attempts should we give seniors to pass a driving test? twenty? fifty? four-hundred? Unlimited? I think if someone fails the first ten times... they should not get a license. It becomes a safety issue.

If you see this woman on the road, pull over.


South Korean woman passes driver's exam on 950th try

(AP) – 14 hours ago

SEOUL, South Korea — A woman in South Korea 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 driver spent more than 5 million won ($4,200) 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, 130 miles (210 kilometers) south of Seoul.

Police said 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, Choi said.

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

That's the written test. Maybe she's illiterate.

Sisyphus wrote:That's the written test. Maybe she's illiterate.

Four years is plenty of time to learn a minimum of reading and writing skills and study.

Still, you have to admire her tenacity.

maybe the south korean drivers tests are just really hard

If she can't read, she shouldn't be driving. How the hell could she be a safe driver if she can't read the road signs? the literacy rate in south korea for adults is right around 98%. the driving test is given in four different languages.

how many people do you know who have attempted to pass a test that many times? It just seems like if she doesn't understand the test by the 949th time... maybe she shouldn't drive.

erosvamp wrote:If she can't read, she shouldn't be driving.

I work with a mid 50ish gentleman who can not read. He is an excellent driver and I would trust him with my life. I am certain that he gets the gist of road sign information.

Maybe she's just stupid. Doesnt mean she will be a bad driver. I know some pretty smart people that cant drive for shit.

ejworthen wrote:Maybe she's just stupid. Doesnt mean she will be a bad driver. I know some pretty smart people that cant drive for shit.

I don't know any dumb people that are good drivers.

ejworthen wrote:Maybe she's just stupid. Doesnt mean she will be a bad driver. I know some pretty smart people that cant drive for shit.

If I remember Popper correctly, that's a reverse induction error or something.

Smart doesn't necessarily make you a good driver, while dumb doesn't necessarily make you a bad driver.

But someone who cannot read definitely should think 29 times before driving. Of course, there's illiteracy and functional illiteracy. I don't expect 6th grade reading and text-interpretation skills from drivers (heck, I can't even expect them from joe-average who I deal with everyday), but enough to read text in roadsigns and figure out the questions in a written test ought to be, really, the minimum.

Also someone who needs 900 attempts to score the minimum at the written exam should have to retake it three times at random intervals within a few months to make sure the last one wasn't a fluke.

motorpsycho67 wrote:

ejworthen wrote:Maybe she's just stupid. Doesnt mean she will be a bad driver. I know some pretty smart people that cant drive for shit.

I don't know any dumb people that are good drivers.

To be honest, I know some pretty screwed up people, but not any I would think of as dumb.

There are many reasons this woman my not have been able to pass a test. I've known some pretty smart people that couldn't pass a test on much of anything no matter how versed they were on the subject. I would suspect they have some sort of undiagnosed issues such as dyslexia. These thing would most likely not prevent them from operating a motor vehicle.