EEVILMURRAY Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 This really boggles my mind. It really does. 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. "I feel sorry every time I see Cha fail. When she passes, I'll make a commemorative tablet myself and give it to her," one officer was quoted as saying http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20090205/tod-skorean-granny-fails-driving-test-77-7f81b96.html
MoogleViper Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 How can you be so stupid? It's the written test as well so it's not like it can be a simple mistake. Has she ever even attempted the practical then?
Shorty Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 She's going to be devastated when she gets past the written part and finds out she has to know how to drive.
Kirkatronics Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 Most would have mastered it by the 5th time, i bet she has a mental dissabillity or something =/ Dont cha agree? :p
Wesley Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 Surely a monkey could memorise these questions by now. Maybe she's missing a brain... did anyone check her for a brain?
BeerMonkey Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 well shes not a quitter ill give her that.
Emasher Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 There must be more to this. I can't see an ordinary person failing a written test that many times. Perhaps she can't read or something?
Chris the great Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 i think its getting to the point were even if she passed, it was, statisticly speaking, a fluke. make her pass a few time to make sure.
Fierce_LiNk Posted February 5, 2009 Posted February 5, 2009 Dont cha agree? :p I know this is really childish, but I laughed my arse off at that. Even if your threads see the lock of death, you'll always be remembered by me for this. But, hmm, this baffles me. How does the written test actually work? All I know is that it is computerised in the UK, and that you are given a set of questions, and multiple choice answers. Surely if you ask someone a question, they can either get it right or get it wrong. If you get it right, wohoo. If you get it wrong, you go home, revise some more, and you should know the answer the next time you encounter that question. That's the flaw with tests. Sure, she may not even know how to drive, but if she does pass the test, they can't make her retake it again. The flaw is that once you pass, you pass. Whether it's your first go, tenth, or 772nd. So, hmm. It's really baffling how she's managing to not pass this. She must have some grasp of how to answer this test, as she's been averaging scores between 30 and 50. If it was lower, then you'd think "hmmm."
EEVILMURRAY Posted February 6, 2009 Author Posted February 6, 2009 I don't think she ever learnt or something. Never took lessons, hasn't read any theory test booklets for research etc. She has to be winging it.
dwarf Posted February 6, 2009 Posted February 6, 2009 If you fail a test that many times you should not be allowed to drive. Simple as.
Kirkatronics Posted February 6, 2009 Posted February 6, 2009 I suppose she has the wrong answers imprinted in her memory.`
EEVILMURRAY Posted February 21, 2009 Author Posted February 21, 2009 Updateings: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20090221/tod-oukoe-uk-korea-driver-116e0fe.html In just over two weeks of this topic being posted. It seems she's failed another 4 times.
Blue_Ninja0 Posted February 21, 2009 Posted February 21, 2009 "I feel sorry every time I see Cha fail. When she passes, I'll make a commemorative tablet myself and give it to her," one officer was quoted as saying ;_; I'll be there too.
Raining_again Posted February 21, 2009 Posted February 21, 2009 I seriously think I'd give up if I failed more than 10 times (not to mention 771 times!). Cost you less to get chauffeured everywhere!!
Jimbob Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 I'd have given up after 10 times, same as Raining. Seriously who would consider doing the test 771+ times and fail all the time. And which driving instructor would allow someone to carry on.
Mokong Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 How can you take a test that many times? There must be like a zero waiting list over there. Here you have to wait like 3 - 5 months if you had to retake a driving test
Emasher Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 How can you take a test that many times? There must be like a zero waiting list over there. Here you have to wait like 3 - 5 months if you had to retake a driving test There isn't any sort of wait here in Canada. You just go into a testing centre a Week after you failed it and write it. Its probably similar.
Shino Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 Yeah, we have a long ass wait over here too. Not to mention it costs a fortune to repeat it. Edit: And it says she only has to get 60% of it right! We need 90% to pass (27/30),
Emasher Posted February 22, 2009 Posted February 22, 2009 I think mine was out of thirty but we could make a few more mistakes. I only got one wrong though. And it was one of those pointless questions.
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