One of her last students, Chu Hsiao-sang, remarks that Wang was a person with the courage to transcend herself. With all her children abroad, she decided at age 60 to get her first driver's license, rising each morning around five to practice driving while the streets in her neighborhood were devoid of cars and people. She finally passed after two years and five driving test attempts.
王廷蘭帶的最後一屆學生朱筱桑也表示，老師是個很敢自我突破的人，因為兒女都在國外，即使 60 歲了還去考駕照，每天清晨五點多，王廷蘭就趁著人車稀少在社區練車，一直練了兩年多，考了 5 次才過。