A South Korean woman has passed the written exam for her driver’s licence on her 950th try.

Cha Sa-soon has been making near daily attempts at the test since April 2005 and has spent more than £2,500 in application fees.

The 68-year-old finally scraped through with the minimum pass rate of 60 out of 100 points on Wednesday.

Sa-soon must now pass her practical driving test before she is awarded her full licence.

The determined pensioner told the Korea Times newspaper she needed her licence for her vegetable-selling business.

Motoring publisher Haynes has a brand new iPhone app out, Haynes Car Tips, explaining just how to look after your wheels and keep them roadworthy. It’ll even remind you to pay your road tax! Read on to see what it’ll do for you.

You could be paying £20 for a printed Haynes manual, but if you download its Haynes Car Tips iPhone app instead, you can get all sorts of helpful advice loaded on to your handset, from the basics to switching out spark plugs or prepping your car for an MOT, and videos of experts walking you through are included so you can’t fail.

Haynes says it’ll be expanding the iPhone app over time with more tips and tricks, but if you’re a clueless fender bender, it’ll prove a lifesaver right now too. It’s up on the iPhone App Store to download now.

Many driving schools have been affected by the recession this year, with many having to lay off staff and cut costs wherever possible in order to survive. For many driving schools, without the increase in demand they cannot support their pricing strategy and for many they are losing a lot of money. However, there is speculation that some companies are using the market conditions as an excuse for their losses this year, when in reality many companies are serial loss makers.

In Britannia’s case the good business model, careful planning, great website, innovative advertising, genuine customer care, brilliant teaching skills and great pass rate ensures that we continue making money and attract thousands of new pupils each year and have done so for the last 17 years, with this year seeing an increase of 9.8%.

Natasha Simper of Britannia Driving School said: “Figures released by the DSA show a precipitous 7.6 per cent year on year decrease in pupil numbers. At the same time the number of ADI’s has ballooned by a staggering 2.6 per cent. Britannia Driving School has bucked the trend with a year on year increase in the number of clients over a span of 17 years, with 2009 seeing an astonishing 9.8% increase to date.”   

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