<pleases...@outofthe.car> wrote:
> http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/South-Korea-Grandmother-C...

> 950th Time Is The Charm For Learner Driver
> 10:06am UK, Friday November 06, 2009

> Jo Couzens, Sky News Online

> A woman in South Korea has finally passed her driving test after hundreds
> of attempts - 950 to be exact.

> Cha Sa-soon has taken the written exam on a near-daily basis since April
> 2005.

> The test requires 60% to pass but Mrs Cha has repeatedly scored between 30%
> and 50%.

> The 68-year-old grandmother forks out 6,000 won (£2.80) in application fees
> every time she takes the test.

> After 950 tries, that amounts to more than five million won (£2,660).

> Mrs Cha has been determined to obtain her licence so that she can get a car
> to make her door-to-door business a little easier.

> At the moment she delivers food and household items to her customers in a
> handcart.

> But now she has finally passed the written exam with a score of 60,
> according to police official Choi Young-chul.

> However, Mrs Cha will not be buying a new motor just yet - she still needs
> to pass the driving part of the exam before she gets her licence.

> The grandmother has become a familiar figure at the drivers' license agency
> in Jeonju, 130 miles south of Seoul.

> In February this year, after Mrs Cha had failed her 771st attempt, traffic
> police officer Jung-seok said: "I feel sorry every time I see Cha fail.

> "When she passes, I'll make a commemorative tablet myself and give it to
> her."

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> 950th Time Is The Charm For Learner Driver
> 10:06am UK, Friday November 06, 2009

> Jo Couzens, Sky News Online

> A woman in South Korea has finally passed her driving test after
> hundreds of attempts - 950 to be exact.

> Cha Sa-soon has taken the written exam on a near-daily basis since
> April 2005.

> The test requires 60% to pass but Mrs Cha has repeatedly scored
> between 30% and 50%.

> The 68-year-old grandmother forks out 6,000 won (£2.80) in application
> fees every time she takes the test.

> After 950 tries, that amounts to more than five million won (£2,660).

> Mrs Cha has been determined to obtain her licence so that she can get
> a car to make her door-to-door business a little easier.

> At the moment she delivers food and household items to her customers
> in a handcart.

> But now she has finally passed the written exam with a score of 60,
> according to police official Choi Young-chul.

> However, Mrs Cha will not be buying a new motor just yet - she still
> needs to pass the driving part of the exam before she gets her
> licence.

> The grandmother has become a familiar figure at the drivers' license
> agency in Jeonju, 130 miles south of Seoul.

> In February this year, after Mrs Cha had failed her 771st attempt,
> traffic police officer Jung-seok said: "I feel sorry every time I see
> Cha fail.

> "When she passes, I'll make a commemorative tablet myself and give it
> to her."

>If they'd offered her a dogburger, she'd have passed first time.