Woman passes driving test at 960th attempt

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A 69-year-old woman has finally passed her driving test on the 960th attempt, reported the Daily Mirror. Cha Sa-soon, from Jeonju, South Korea, first attempted the written test in April 2005 and after failing it for the first time, she went on to tally up 950 attempts at the written test, at one point taking the test five days a week for three years. Thankfully her practical test only took her 10 attempts and her driving instructor at Jeonbuk Driving School said “when she finally got her licence, we all went out cheering and hugged her, giving her flowers”.

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  Chas Newkey-Burden has been part of The Week Digital team for more than a decade and a journalist for 25 years, starting out on the irreverent football weekly 90 Minutes, before moving to lifestyle magazines Loaded and Attitude. He was a columnist for The Big Issue and landed a world exclusive with David Beckham that became the weekly magazine’s bestselling issue. He now writes regularly for The Guardian, The Telegraph, The Independent, Metro, FourFourTwo and the i new site. He is also the author of a number of non-fiction books.