Good for her. she should be able to pass her driving test by 2018.

So. Sounds like me and my driver's lic.

FTFA:

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.


Stereotypes exist for a reason, folks.

/Even my Korean roommate in college made fun of female Asian drivers.

Now she's free to drive while shucking corn, eating kim-chee and texting on the cell-y.

And she still only, just passed the test. I am worried about everyone else one the road over there.

Was she filling in bubbles at random? Even then 950 tries seems like a lot.

How could she possibly fail that many times? Either she's stubbornly filling in the wrong answers, or the laws of probability have forsaken Korea.

And why was she allowed to continue taking it?

Now she must pass a driving test before getting her license, Choi said.

Whew! Safe for a few more years, at least.

Yes, I know she's clear across the Pacific Ocean from me. But someone this incompetent is bound to find some way to cut me off. She'll probably get lost and somehow end up over here.

She had dedication. I'll give her that. But after, I dunno, say the 250th, 475th try, the 666th try...did it ever dawn on her that driving a cab might not be her destiny in life?

She probably kept failing because the test was written in a foreign language.

I helped a friend get her learner's permit recently, and for the theory test she pretty much learnt the questioned asked by doing the online practice tests over and over the night before. How would you not know *all* the questioned asked after even just a few goes at the test?

GoSurfing: She had dedication. I'll give her that. But after, I dunno, say the 250th, 475th try, the 666th try...did it ever dawn on her that driving a cab might not be her destiny in life?

RTFA.

She told the Korea Times newspaper she needed the license for her vegetable-selling business.

GoSurfing: She had dedication. I'll give her that. But after, I dunno, say the 250th, 475th try, the 666th try...did it ever dawn on her that driving a cab might not be her destiny in life?

Apparently she wasn't all that good in the kitchen.

/ducks

She told the Korea Times newspaper she needed the license for her vegetable-selling business.

Maybe she should just wok instead.

eraser8: She probably kept failing because the test was written in a foreign language she's an Asian woman.

probably left handed too

She should *so* be a guest host for Cash Cab someday...

Just had to jump in on the Asian Women stereotype thread early.

True story: I was sitting with a friend outside a Starbucks and a Korean woman came out and got in her car parked along the curb. She had about 20 feet of open space in back of her before the next car. I made a joke to my friend, "Look, she's going to back into that car." And then I'll be damned if she didn't start up and back up 20 feet in a straight line and hit the damn thing.

You'd think your average realistic person would've given up after a reasonable number of attempts, like maybe 500.
Oh, and good luck on your test! Bets on how many attempts that'll be? Although my dollar would say she croaks it before getting her license.

phlegmmo: She told the Korea Times newspaper she needed the license for her vegetable-selling business.

Maybe she should just wok instead.

How's she supposed to get any wok done without transportation?

eraser8: She probably kept failing because the test was written in a foreign language.

I think *I* could has passed it in fewer than 950 tries if it was in Korean through trial and error. And I don't speak a word of Korean.

The sick part is NYC cabbies are actually good drivers and decent people relative to cab drivers in other cities.

Asian women have lateral urogenital openings.

heypete: GoSurfing: She had dedication. I'll give her that. But after, I dunno, say the 250th, 475th try, the 666th try...did it ever dawn on her that driving a cab might not be her destiny in life?

RTFA.

She told the Korea Times newspaper she needed the license for her vegetable-selling business.

WIth the amount of time that she spent taking the test (950 times), she could have farking worked instead and PAID someone to cart around her vegetables.

I think she has Spongebob beat.

The Face Of Oblivion: The sick part is NYC cabbies are actually good drivers and decent people relative to cab drivers in other cities.

can they export a few to DC? These drivers are horrendous

A female, Asian, senior citzen that is the trifecta of bad driving. Any guesses to what the death count will be her first time out?

NYC cabbies rock!
NYC rocks!

The_Sponge: FTFA:

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.


Stereotypes exist for a reason, folks.

/Even my Korean roommate in college made fun of female Asian drivers.

I got a free bumper and break lights from one of these people rear-ending me..

/ at least she stopped and exchanged insurance info.
// I think they have problems gauging distance...
/// low speeds saved my car.

learnt?

When you type that, doesn't it look a little strange?

I have lived (and driven) in Korea, and I can assure you that for all practical purposes, there are absolutely no traffic laws of any kind anyway.

I was once in a traffic jam where an ambulance with its quiet little siren going sat for probably 20 minutes because nobody would move aside for it (which is normal). During the course of this time, the traffic accident that had caused the traffic jam tripled in size, as people trying to creep around the police and the crashed vehicle without falling into a rice paddy had created multiple collisions of their own within 20 feet of the original accident.

(In other Korean driving news, it's considered rude if you don't turn your headlights off at night when there's an oncoming car, which is a great example of ways that politeness might actually kill you. In other other news, they have an absolutely fantastic road sign to warn you of a drop-off by the roadway... it's a little car plummeting over a cliff on a yellow background. =D )

subaudio: Just had to jump in on the Asian Women stereotype thread early.

True story: I was sitting with a friend outside a Starbucks and a Korean woman came out and got in her car parked along the curb. She had about 20 feet of open space in back of her before the next car. I made a joke to my friend, "Look, she's going to back into that car." And then I'll be damned if she didn't start up and back up 20 feet in a straight line and hit the damn thing.

Friend: "Dude, that's your car."

Orville drove her there, right?

Too bad she doesn't live in Massachusetts. With every box of cereal, there is a free MA driver's license inside! Collect them all: Class A, Class B, Class C, and the hard to find Motorcycle license.

What's the last thing an asian driver sees as they leave the freeway? (PNSFW) (new window)

eqspeef: I have lived (and driven) in Korea, and I can assure you that for all practical purposes, there are absolutely no traffic laws of any kind anyway.

I was once in a traffic jam where an ambulance with its quiet little siren going sat for probably 20 minutes because nobody would move aside for it (which is normal). During the course of this time, the traffic accident that had caused the traffic jam tripled in size, as people trying to creep around the police and the crashed vehicle without falling into a rice paddy had created multiple collisions of their own within 20 feet of the original accident.

(In other Korean driving news, it's considered rude if you don't turn your headlights off at night when there's an oncoming car, which is a great example of ways that politeness might actually kill you. In other other news, they have an absolutely fantastic road sign to warn you of a drop-off by the roadway... it's a little car plummeting over a cliff on a yellow background. =D )

I concur. I've driven in Korea many times, and as best as I can make out, it's essentially random.

"she needed the license for her vegetable-selling making business."

/For all the people she's undoubtedly going to maim during her driving tests.

Be tolerant of asian drivers. They think the turn-signal is a break-away chop-stick.

/heard that in my last year of EE in Hongcouver (UBC Engineers Rock!)
//thought it was hee-larious

Me dlive you rong time ?

Where I come from 60/100 is still failing.

The Face Of Oblivion: The sick part is NYC cabbies are actually good drivers and decent people relative to cab drivers in other cities.

True. My scariest moment in a cab was in Tijuana. Crazy bastards.

I don't know about New York, but around here the cab drivers are pretty good drivers. How can they not be? They spend a silly amount of time driving. Practice makes perfect. They are usually found at fault in an accident though because the police do not like them much.

As far as Asian drivers go, they aren't that good (at least that was from my experience living in Hong Kong and Beijing). Beijing cabbies are just crazy. The only time I screamed like a little girl was in a Beijing cab. Oh, and some of them take great offense if you put on your seatbelt because, "I am good driver."

I've been working in an office of a Korean company for over

Those tests can be tough for some people (vid - new window)

sorry... hit a wrong key.

Anyways, I've been working there over a year now. Over half of the people here are Koreans, most born and raised there. Still haven't heard of a single accident in the parking lot ever since I've been here.

/Cool Story Bro I know

Did anyone ever tell her to stop taking the test and actually open a drivers manual?

This is a followup to a previous greenlit article. Funny to see the same comments being made.

http://www.fark.com/cgi/comments.pl?IDLink=4227966

SeamusFerrell: I don't know about New York, but around here the cab drivers are pretty good drivers. How can they not be? They spend a silly amount of time driving. Practice makes perfect. They are usually found at fault in an accident though because the police do not like them much.

As far as Asian drivers go, they aren't that good (at least that was from my experience living in Hong Kong and Beijing). Beijing cabbies are just crazy. The only time I screamed like a little girl was in a Beijing cab. Oh, and some of them take great offense if you put on your seatbelt because, "I am good driver."

I've got a friend with a metal plate in his head due to a Beijing cab ride; I'll take my seatbelt, thanks.