Hope Kauslim's DMV's more efficient cause it took this Asian lady over 900 times

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S. Korean woman who passed driving test after 960 tries goes viral again


A South Korean woman who finally received her driving license after spending thousands of dollars and failing her written driving test around 960 times has gone viral more than a decade later.

Although the story was first reported in 2010, and the woman, Cha Sa-soon, is already in her 80s, many Reddit users were fascinated by her perseverance when a news report of her success resurfaced on the subreddit r/TIL (Today I Learned) last week.

Cha’s story of perseverance began in April 2005 when she decided she wanted to learn how to drive and get her driving license, as transportation in her village in the mountainous Sinchon region was, as she described, "frustrating."

The only means of transportation to and from the village was a bus that ran once every two hours, according to the New York Times. The road leading to Cha’s village was so narrow that it could only accommodate one vehicle at a time.

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“Here, if you miss the bus, you have to wait another two hours. Talk about frustration!” Cha told the publication.

Born to a low-income farmer family of seven children, Cha started working in her family’s field at a young age and only attended an informal night school until she turned 15.

Although she was able to get into a formal school as a fourth grader, Cha had to end her dream of attending middle school a year later.

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It was not until Cha turned 60 that she finally decided she wanted to get her driving license, as she reportedly envied people who knew how to drive and wanted to be able to take her grandchildren places.

"I was too busy raising my four children. Eventually they all grew up and went away and my husband died several years ago, and I had more time for myself. I wanted to get a driver’s license so I could take my grandchildren to the zoo," she explained.