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Woman passes 950th driving test


Cha Sa-soon says she needs a licence for a vegetable-selling business

A South Korean woman is celebrating after passing the written exam for a driving licence - on her 950th attempt.

After four years of trying, 68-year-old Cha Sa-soon finally managed to secure the 60 out of 100 points needed to pass the test.
The grandmother has spent more than 5m won ($4,200, £2,600) on application fees for the test.
Now Mrs Cha, who lives in Jeonju, 130 miles (210km) south of Seoul, must pass the practical test to get on the road.
'Don't give up'
According to the Korean Driver's Licence Agency, the 50-minute written test consists of 50 multiple-choice questions on road regulations and car maintenance.
Mrs Cha had been trying to pass it since 13 April 2005, the Korea Times reported.
She wanted a licence so that she could use a vehicle to sell vegetables and other goods, the newspaper said.
And her determination to pass the test has made her well-known at the Jeonju centre.
"She is really famous here. Not only agency employees but even some test-takers know her. Her challenging spirit is really amazing," one official was quoted as saying.
Speaking in February - after her 775th failure - Mrs Cha had appeared undaunted.
"I believe you can achieve your goal if you persistently pursue it," she told Reuters news agency.
"So don't give up your dream, like me. Be strong and do your best."

People like her inspire me to continue plugging on.

If there are 50 questions on the exam, and she's taken the test 950 times, she must have seen every single question. Maybe she's planning on using this knowledge of the exam to write a test bank book of the exam. When I took the FCC's exam for the General Radiotelephone Operator License with radar endorsement, there was not a single question (with answers) on the exams that were not in my test bank book. Somebody had to gather all of that information. What probably happened is that a whole bunch of people memorized one or two questions each, and provided this information to a publisher. Maybe she's just flying solo...

Then her memory is darn good at her age

there must be something better she could have been doing with that time & money... for all that determination & refusal to give up.

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Couldn't you theoretically pass with 950 tries without being able to read or write Korean ?

She only passed the written test. She still has the actual driving test to pass.

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there must be something better she could have been doing with that time & money... for all that determination & refusal to give up.

She has been doing just that to achieve her goal of being able to drive to wherever to sell her veggies.

I really would not want to be driving on the same roads as someone who took 950 tries to pass.