Word out of Seoul, South Korea this past week is that 69-year-old Seo Sang-moon has finally passed the oral portion of his drivers test, and it only took him five years and 271 tries to do it.
It appears that Seo, an illiterate man unable to read his driver's manual, had been using the driver's license examinations as his means for learning the rules of the road. The cost of this unusual driver's education course - approximately $1000. The payoff - lifelong friends at the local DMV.
But the story doesn't end there, not hardly. Now that Seo has shown mastery of the laws governing the roadway, he will get the chance to really strut his stuff when he takes the helm of a four-wheeled wrecking machine for the driving portion of the driver's license examination. Here's what Seo had to say about the upcoming test:
Driving seems a bit hard. But after trying 271 times to pass the oral exam, what do I have to be afraid of?What do you have to be afraid of, Seo? The 723 tickets that you will receive for moving violations before you die. Well, that...and parallel parking.
