772nd try for driver's license

[Buttercup]

A lady in South Korea is giving it another try:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/05/korea.driving.license/index.html

This should count as a Bill O'Reilly Most Ridiculous Item of the Day. If she couldn't pass after 771 [ :confused:] tries, it's beyond obvious that she needs to be kept off the roads! :hand: #12 failure should have been proof enough and the limit.

Someone's bound to end up getting killed: Herself or a pedestrian or another motorist.

[closetgeek]

Really! I don't know the traffic laws in South Korea but how bad do you have to be to fail that many times?

[Buttercup]

Hi closetgeek. Frankly I think the S. Korean gov't is allowing this only to make more $$$ off of her. If it's not on the basis of greed [and I seriously doubt it's simple charity to a citizen], then it's obviously a frighteningly inept system [which it could be].

Whatever.

I fear for the people in her path.

[dhd40]

They should think about Netherland´s way to solve this problem: After having failed the third time you will, nevertheless, get your driving licence, but your car will get a yellow licence tag :silenced:

[Jay200MPH]

Ouch. I wonder if she's failing the same part every time or if she's found 771 new & novel mistakes to make?

- J

[Argos]

A lady in South Korea is giving it another try:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/05/korea.driving.license/index.html

This should count as a Bill O'Reilly Most Ridiculous Item of the Day. If she couldn't pass after 771 [ :confused:] tries, it's beyond obvious that she needs to be kept off the roads!

Actually, five times would have been more than enough. :)

[KaiYeves]

Wow, she could give SpongeBob a run for his money at failing Driving Tests!

[blueshift]

They should think about Netherland´s way to solve this problem: After having failed the third time you will, nevertheless, get your driving licence, but your car will get a yellow licence tag :silenced:Not bad. That way everybody else knows and steers clear.

[dhd40]

Not bad. That way everybody else knows and steers clear.

You know, in Netherlands all private cars have yellow licence tags :lol:

But you should also know that I have quite a few friends from Netherlands, and even nice neighbours from that yellow-licence-tag country :)

[Francisco]

If she couldn't pass after 771

Sure, be a quitter :)

[mugaliens]

Actually, five times would have been more than enough. :)

I believe there should be time limits between testing. Say, 10 days between the 1st and 2nd, as well as between the 2nd and 3rd.

After that, it should go to one month intervals for a year, followed by quarterly intervals during the second year, semester intervals the third year, then annually thereafter.

[ToSeek]

A lady in South Korea is giving it another try:

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/05/korea.driving.license/index.html

This should count as a Bill O'Reilly Most Ridiculous Item of the Day. If she couldn't pass after 771 [ :confused:] tries, it's beyond obvious that she needs to be kept off the roads! :hand: #12 failure should have been proof enough and the limit.

Someone's bound to end up getting killed: Herself or a pedestrian or another motorist.

Note that she hasn't actually been tested behind the wheel yet - she still hasn't passed the written portion of the exam that she needs to fulfill ahead of time. So there's no evidence she's actually a bad driver, just that (apparently) she's really stupid. I mean, if I took at test that many times, I'd have committed all the questions to memory without even trying. Then you just have to remember the answer.

[Francisco]

Maybe she just enjoys taking the test.

[dhd40]

... I mean, if I took at test that many times, I'd have committed all the questions to memory without even trying. Then you just have to remember the answer.

Maybe, in South Korea they change the traffic rules every other day :whistle: