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[Airboss]

272nd time a charm for man on driving test
Exam official says he’s regarded almost as 'one of the family'

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[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Updated: 5:35 a.m. ET April 15, 2005[/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]SEOUL, South Korea - The motto for one would-be South Korean driver likely is “if at first you don’t succeed, then try, try again another 271 times."[/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Seo Sang-moon passed the academic part of his driver’s license examination on his 272nd attempt earlier this week.[/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The repairman, from a small town in the southeastern part of the county who will soon turn 70, said he was illiterate and used the test process to teach himself the rules of the road because he could not read them in a manual.[/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Since the oral exam was launched, Seo took the test as often as he could, paying about $1,000 in fees along the way. Each failure taught him a little more, and after 271 attempts, he was able to get the minimum score needed to pass the academic test.[/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Test officials were thrilled to see Seo pass.[/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]“He has been coming here for more than five years and we regard him almost as being one of the family,” an official from the exam office said by telephone.[/font]

[font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Seo said he was preparing for his road test, and was discussing with his wife what kind of car to buy once he get his license. “Driving seems a bit hard. But after trying 271 times to pass the oral exam, what do I have to be afraid of?” Seo said.[/font]


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[cforst513]

wow. in the time it took him to do the test 272 times, someone could have taught the poor guy to read...

 

[hawkerflyer]

Shucks. It only took me 271 times to get my private.

 

[mattpilot]

i guess it should be pointed out that its harder in most countries to get a drivers license than it is to get a pilots license in the US.

In my own country you need to take a 6 month course & take 40 hours of driving lessons from an "experienced" driver.

 

[Ailerongirl]

i guess it should be pointed out that its harder in most countries to get a drivers license than it is to get a pilots license in the US.

I can't tell y'all how jealous my friends were when I moved to the States and got my license the same week. Not only was I 2 years younger than the rest of them, but I learnt by driving up and down our street and studying the manual for the test, instead of paying to drive around with a big red L stuck to the back of my car for 6 weeks! I was totally terrified when I went for my road test too, because my parallel parking skills weren't all that great. I needn't have worried though...all I did was drive around the block!

 

[urflyingme?!]

Which is why it costs as much to insure my 16k car in california as it would for a 100k aircraft. (noy you ailerongirl, just the process)