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satishku



Joined: 22 Mar 2009

PostPosted: Sun Aug 08, 2010 8:39 pm    Post subject: Korean Driving License Reply with quote

I am planning on starting the process to obtain a korean driving license. I am planning to go to Yongin Test Center for medical exam and registration for written test.

I was told by the lady that one can do the medical check up and written exam on a particular saturday every month. So, I do not need to go twice. But for this to happen, I need to Buy the Book in advance.

Does anyone know where I can buy the English Book required for the Written Test . What is the title and is it available at online shops like Gmarket or Kyobo??

thanks
regards
satish
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mtmelton



Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Chillin' in Gwangju

PostPosted: Sun Aug 08, 2010 10:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I say just go and take the test. A lot of it is common sense and it's only 20 questions. The problem is that the translation is kinda rough but it's definitely doable. I think it took me less than 5 minutes to do in on the computer. Worse thing is you have to go and take it the next day.
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Milwaukiedave



Joined: 02 Oct 2004
Location: Goseong

PostPosted: Sun Aug 08, 2010 11:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

To the best of my knowledge the book is only available at the driver's license bureau. If you have a drivers license and have been driving for more then a few years, you should be good without the book. Like someone else said, it's just common sense. I passed on my first try. Laughed through the entire test as the questions were just so poorly translated.
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probablylauren



Joined: 18 Jul 2009
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 8:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I didn't get a book. I just turned up with the various documents and stumbled through the process.

As has been said, the written test is so badly translated. I guessed a lot of questions, but still passed.
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CentralCali



Joined: 17 May 2007

PostPosted: Tue Aug 10, 2010 11:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just a request for a data point here. For the computerized test in English, how many questions were there? When I took my test here in Busan at the Sasang office, it was a paper exam and had half the questions the Korean paper exam did. Bonus was that I still had the same time to answer the questions as those taking the exam in Korean did!
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goreality



Joined: 09 Jul 2009

PostPosted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 1:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

http://eng.rota.or.kr/Eng/Main/main.jsp

The manual: It's online!

http://www.dla.go.kr/english/01_info/info06.jsp

Detailed information on the steps needed.
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goesslry



Joined: 19 Jun 2007

PostPosted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 5:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

the test is easy. If you are US citizen, you have to take the test, and get 80% or higher. If Canadian, just trade licenses. Once you pass, if you are US, trade licenses. Go to World Cup Stadium. You can take the test any day.
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probablylauren



Joined: 18 Jul 2009
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 7:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I got 60 out of 100 and passed Confused
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probablylauren



Joined: 18 Jul 2009
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 7:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

oh Central, the computer test had 20 questions
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IS-F



Joined: 20 Oct 2009

PostPosted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 10:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

probablylauren wrote:
I got 60 out of 100 and passed Confused


My Canadian license expired right before I came here so I had to do everything from scratch.

I got 60 out of 100 too which is pretty much the cut off point Razz

I've been driving for about 9 years in Canada but the questions were very poorly written and difficult to understand. Didn't study neither.
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satishku



Joined: 22 Mar 2009

PostPosted: Fri Aug 13, 2010 8:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi

Thanks for all the replies. Very useful. I am preparing for the written test. Once I am done with this, I will learn. Unfortunately, I do not have a license from my home country which I can exchange. So, I need to start from scratch.

But, thanks a lot Smile
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coralreefer_1



Joined: 19 Jan 2009

PostPosted: Sat Aug 14, 2010 10:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

probablylauren wrote:
oh Central, the computer test had 20 questions


Dang, 20 questions? The test I took here in Daegu had 50! As said most of it was common sense but at least a few of the questions had to do with the Korean point system for traffic infractions. Assuming you do pretty well on the rest of the test even missing those should not be a problem.

The written test is cake really..the worst part for me was the driving course test. At least when i took the test back in 07 there was no English available as far as what the requirements for the course were. I finally passed it on the 3rd try but had to learn the hard way about what is expected.

Good Luck~
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probablylauren



Joined: 18 Jul 2009
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Sat Aug 14, 2010 7:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Practical test? As in driving with an examiner in the car?

I didn't have to do that either...which is why I am really shocked at how easy (once you figure out what you are meant to be doing at the Test Centre), it is to get a license... especially since I come from a country where I drive on the other side of the road. I would've expected them to make me do a driving test
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zeppelin



Joined: 08 Jan 2005

PostPosted: Sat Aug 14, 2010 7:24 pm    Post subject: Re: Korean Driving License Reply with quote

satishku wrote:
I am planning on starting the process to obtain a korean driving license. I am planning to go to Yongin Test Center for medical exam and registration for written test.

I was told by the lady that one can do the medical check up and written exam on a particular saturday every month. So, I do not need to go twice. But for this to happen, I need to Buy the Book in advance.

Does anyone know where I can buy the English Book required for the Written Test . What is the title and is it available at online shops like Gmarket or Kyobo??

thanks
regards
satish


Hi,

I am doing the same thing. My friend got me the book from one of the test centres in Seoul. It cost 14,000 won. I read it twice before going to my local Driving License Office. It's called "Driver's License Test Guidebook For Foreigners 영어"

There was a compulsory 1 hour class before the physical. They basically waved me through the physical and just stamped it as a pass.

The computer test had 40 questions. You have to get 60 out of 100 to pass. A lot of it is common sense but read the questions carefully as I found the English to be a bit confusing. There are a lot of choose the WRONG answer type questions. Pretty easy overall.

I'm now enrolled in a driving school and doing the course lessons. I used to have a driving license so it's been fairly straightforward for me. Each maneuver on the course has a trick to it e.g lining up your wing mirrors with the curb before turning full left etc. All the emphasis is on passing the test, I can't see it really helping people learn to drive well.

The course test is done by sensors and computers, there is no examiner in the car at all and it takes less than 15 minutes.

The road test is in the countryside and is 5.5Kms with 3 or 4 turns. You can check out the routes for your local centre online:

http://www.dla.go.kr/english/index.jsp

Good luck
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coralreefer_1



Joined: 19 Jan 2009

PostPosted: Sat Aug 14, 2010 7:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well my license expired about 3 weeks before coming to Korea and I never bothered to renew it (I didn't expect I would be driving here, so I was taking the test just as Koreans do. Regardless of the years of driving experience I had, I was required to take the following..

-Written Test
-Eye/Vision test
-Sit through a 3 hour driver safety seminar
-Driving course at the testing center
-Road test with an examiner

Most of it is pretty similar to back home, except for that driving course. It took a few trial and error to learn things such as stopping no farther than 1 meter from the stop line(certainly not crossing it) using a turn signal when finishing the course, and there is still some thing I am not quite sure what went wrong with the gear shift challenge.

The test starts in a car with computer sensors and a meter displaying your score. Each infraction will cost you at least 5 points, while others will cost you 10. If you drop below 80 points, you fail. Most of it is pretty basic really, but for those who cant drive a stick shift it will be a challenge. The first thing you have to do after leaving the starting gate is climb a hill..stop halfway up, then start again without rolling backward.
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