TESTING ABILITY

A woman in South Korea retains the world record for the most number of times required to pass a driving test. the woman finally passed her theory test at the 950th attempt in 2009. the UK record for most driving tests taken is currently held by a london woman, who took her driving test 48 times until she passed in 1987. However other would-be drivers are attempting to take this record. A 26 year old in the UK has failed the British Theory test 90 times and a 39 year old, again in the UK, has failed the prac
March 1, 2012 Read time: 1 min
A woman in South Korea retains the world record for the most number of times required to pass a driving test. the woman finally passed her theory test at the 950th attempt in 2009. the UK record for most driving tests taken is currently held by a london woman, who took her driving test 48 times until she passed in 1987.

However other would-be drivers are attempting to take this record. A 26 year old in the UK has failed the British Theory test 90 times and a 39 year old, again in the UK, has failed the practical portion of the driving test 36 times.

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