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Blue_Tires Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-08-09 01:22 PM
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SKorean granny fails driving test 771 times
SEOUL (AFP) – A dogged South Korean grandmother has failed her driving test 771 times, police said Thursday, but a local newspaper reported she will keep trying.

The 68-year-old, identified only by her last name Cha, has taken the test almost every working day since 2005 in the southwestern city of Jeonju. She failed again Monday for the 771st time.

"It was a record-breaking number here," Choi Yong-Cheol, a police sergeant supervising the test in the city's Deokjingu district, told AFP.

"I wonder if she will try it again for a 772nd time."

The Korea Times said Cha will in fact be back for another attempt.

Choi said that Cha cannot pass the preliminary written section of the test, averaging scores of 30-50 whereas the pass mark is 60 out of 100.

Local media said that Cha sells food and household items door to door at apartment complexes, carrying the items in a handcart, but wants to get a car for her business.

Police estimate she has spent almost five million won (3,600 dollars) to take the written test, with each test costing 6,000 won in addition to other expenses.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090205/od_afp/skoreamotoringoffbeat_20090205024852
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Turbineguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-08-09 01:24 PM
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1. What a coincidence!
I just saw 771 drivers who should have failed their driving test.

OK, I'm a little hazy on that precise number.
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alphafemale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-08-09 01:27 PM
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2. 771 times...on the Written test?
whoa :wow:
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