Korean Woman Becomes Local Celebrity After Passing 960th Attempt Of Drivers Test

A PERSON could know South Korea  for a long time without knowing Wanju, an obscure county 112 miles south of Seoul. And, at least until recently, a person could know a lot about Wanju without ever hearing of Cha Sa-soon, a 69-year-old woman who lives alone in the mountain-ringed village of Sinchon.

Now, however, Ms. Cha is an unlikely national celebrity.

This diminutive woman, now known nationwide as “Grandma Cha Sa-soon,” has achieved a record that causes people here to first shake their heads with astonishment and then smile: She failed her driver’s test hundreds of times but never gave up. Finally, she got her license — on her 960th try.




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enthusiastx11 - 9/8/2010 6:24:16 PM

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anyone who's ever driven in los angeles understands this. lol

thstone - 9/8/2010 6:58:27 PM

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+1 for the LA comment!

WorldofLuxury - 9/8/2010 7:33:13 PM

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Was it 77 the last time we heard about her?

LexSucks - 9/9/2010 9:43:16 AM

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If she were in the US, she would have passed the test on the first couple of attempts.