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Granny Fails Driving Test 771 Times

Posted by samzenpus on from the if-at-first-you-don't-succeed dept.

A 68-year-old grandmother has taken the driving test almost every working day since 2005 in the southwestern city of Jeonju, South Korea. She failed again Monday for the 771st time. "It was a record-breaking number here. I wonder if she will try it again for a 772nd time?" Choi Yong-Cheol, a police sergeant supervising the test in the city's Deokjingu district, told AFP. The woman tells a local newspaper that she will take the test until she passes. 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. It appears this woman is single-handedly fueling all bad driving stereotypes.

6 comments

  1. Success at the 772nd time by paulo.ortolan · · Score: 1

    Imagine if she pass the test at the 772nd time? It'll be a huge party there! A national holiday! A historical day! Anyway, if she pass the test at any time it'll be a great thing! I hope the police don't see her future success as an injury.

  2. Hopeless learners by meringuoid · · Score: 1
    Maureen Rees was perhaps Britain's first reality TV celebrity, after being featured in a docusoap following learner drivers. She was comically dreadful and I'm glad she wasn't on the road anywhere near me.

    But the scale of this woman's incompetence blows Maureen out of the water. How can someone fail that many times? How many years has she been at it, and how frequently does she retry it? Even if she's taking the test once a week, it's still well over a decade. Is this sheer pigheadedness, a deliberate world record attempt, or what?

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    1. Re:Hopeless learners by DanTheStone · · Score: 2, Informative

      Did you even read the first sentence of the summary? It says she's taken it almost every working day since 2005.

    2. Re:Hopeless learners by X0563511 · · Score: 1

      Some people just need to give up.

      Either that, or she's a friggin retard. It's really not that hard to drive.

      I bet if she took a vacation for a week to sit down and actually learn to drive the thing, she would pass.

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  3. Who was the previous record holder? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    "[771]... was a record-breaking number here"

    Which begs the question: who was the moron who previously held the record at 770 tries? Did he get his drivers licence the 770:th time, or did he give up?

    Meh.

  4. Are they sure ... by oldspewey · · Score: 1

    Are they sure this isn't Bobby Lee (as "woman of indeterminate asian origin") just doing an elaborate and lengthy prank?

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