Taking A Driving Test

I see that the BBC has found a woman in South Korea who has taken her written driving test 771 times. Surely this is a record. The 68 year old, who surely is not cut out to be a driver has achieved this staggering total in a mere 4 years — she is taking tests on average every 3 or 4 days. She needs a 60% mark to pass and so far she consistently got 30% to 50%. Showing great fortitude and confidence if only a limited grasp of reality, she remains undaunted and intends to try again. If by some strange and unexplained quirk of fate she manages to pass, then she can move on to the difficult bit of actually driving a car. This is, clearly, going to be her life's work. I can but wish Mrs Cha the very best of luck and advise the city fathers in Jeonju to be sure to inform the populace if and when Mrs Cha actually takes to the road.

Eric's mum says that she too had to take her test many times and that any suggestion that more than one of her driving examiners suffered nervous breakdowns was mere speculation and exaggeration. I asked Eric what he thought of his mum's driving but apparently he has never been with her in the same car. Eric's dad has always seemed remote - mainly because he is in a nursing home in Morecambe.