Man passes drivers test on 272nd attempt - United Bimmer Community

**Addicted?** · 04-17-2005, 03:30 AM

Man passes driver's test on 272nd attempt

SEOUL (Reuters) - 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".

Seo Sang-moon passed the academic part of his driver's licence examination on his 272nd attempt earlier this week.

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.

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.

Test officials were thrilled to see Seo pass.

"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.

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 licence. "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.

David

**///Milk** · 04-17-2005, 04:55 AM

lol, i bet i could do better than him, and i dont even drive!

**komodo** · 04-17-2005, 05:00 AM

You could pass the Bar exam after that many tries.... god he was a dumbass. lol

**Addicted?** · 04-17-2005, 05:15 AM

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Originally Posted by komodo9

You could pass the Bar exam after that many tries.... god he was a dumbass. lol

i mean 272 tries to memorize the test pretty much... that in its self is pretty rediculous... well i guess he was illiterate...

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David

**94bmw325i** · 04-17-2005, 05:57 PM

At least he was persistent, and finally got it!

craig · 04-17-2005, 06:04 PM

it took me 3 times(got it on the third) to pass the test for my permit..i i could only miss 3, i missed 4 on the first 2. lol

**Torque** · 04-17-2005, 06:32 PM

I respect him for trying over and over again. That must take some dedication.

**528man** · 04-17-2005, 09:22 PM

yeah i respect him, but honestly....

**komodo** · 04-17-2005, 09:51 PM

Yeah, at a certain point you should just stick to bicycles... lol

If you can't memorize that test word for word after the first... 50 times.... you have issues. lol

**Linds** · 04-17-2005, 11:49 PM

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Originally Posted by komodo9

Yeah, at a certain point you should just stick to bicycles... lol

If you can't memorize that test word for word after the first... 50 times.... you have issues. lol

haha, seriously! process of elimination anyone? lol

**ChrisWorrell** · 04-18-2005, 01:41 AM

i passed the first time =\

**Addicted?** · 04-18-2005, 02:02 AM

and i dont know about your guys states, but around here the questions are like

you are on a two lane highway, 1 lane each way and bus is stopped with its STOP SIGN out and lights flashing, you are coming at the bus in the other lane what do you do.
1)keep driving
2)hit the kids
3)Lower speed and pass the bus
4)wait til the FRIGGIN STOP SIGN goes away

or you are driving your car and there is a bike lane to your right, what do you do?
1) drive in it
2) use extreme caution when bikers are present
3)think of it as an overtaking lane
4) go home and get your bike and ride in it

David

**the afro guy** · 04-18-2005, 02:03 AM

would you really want him driving a car anyway? took him that long to figure out something that basic, imagine what he's going to be like the first time he gets behind the wheel! i'll bet his skills will be second only to thermo nuclear warheads in their capacity to annihilate everthing that surrounds him

**cruzin 323is** · 04-18-2005, 02:39 AM

lol.. that was pretty good!!

**gotKRAUT** · 04-19-2005, 11:56 PM

after failing twice they should have shipped him to kansas...where i plan to ship all old people...its the flattest safest state lol

craig · 04-20-2005, 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by gotKRAUT

after failing twice they should have shipped him to kansas...where i plan to ship all old people...its the flattest safest state lol

hay! i dont want all those old people here! we have enough! lol

and yah....its pritty flat...at night...i can drive 50 or 60 miles away from town and can still see it just fine!(its a small town..no big sky-scrapers thats easy to see. there isnt 1 building here thats more then 1 story tall..lol)

witeshark · 04-20-2005, 12:09 AM

That's amazing! I'd hate to see him really drive! I passed on the first...

**EnvyM3** · 04-20-2005, 11:42 AM

Lol, I though this was about Shahab by the title of the thread.

JK Shahab, congrats on teh license

**allegood8** · 04-20-2005, 07:08 PM

if i lived there i would move just from the fear that we might be on the road at the same time lol. here in georgia if u fail once u gotta wait a day, 2 times is a week, 3 times is a month, 4 is 6 months, and i think 5 times is a year. damn im glad i got it the first time lol. u gotta love the laws here haha.

**Citizen** · 04-26-2005, 10:43 PM

#1: this is in Korea NOT the USA, their rules and tests are prolly a lot different.
#2: he's 70, and illiterate, it's prolly hard enough for him to memorize anything new, anyone who's tried to teach an old person how to use a computer will be with me on this.
#3: If this was the USA he prolly would have given up a long time ago, glad he didn't

I say good job on him passing!!!