Saturday, November 7, 2009

And people say Koreans are bad drivers...

I found this article posted on http://www.eslcafe.com/

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.


All I can say is that I'm glad she won't be roaming the streets of Busan. Knowing that she is going to be out there driving scares me. If I took the drivers test 10 times and still hadn't passed, I think I would have given up, but 950 times...my god, how many people's lives are going to be at risk now because this adjumma is going to be on the road.

In other news the trip up to Seomyeon today is still on. My girlfriend told me to be ready at about noon, so she'll probably get here at about 2pm. It's a good idea to give her a two hour cushion for any plans that she makes. She's never on time. I have no idea what she does to make her late as often as she is, but I'm just used to it now.

I think I'll try to take some pictures when we're there today. Maybe I'll get something decent and start posting some pics on here to make it a little bit more interesting. My prose is really not that compelling, so I need to spice things up a little bit on here.

Anyways, that's it for now. I might have something more to post a little later or tomorrow morning.


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