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IF THE Dana Street hill was in the dictionary, its definition would read “every learner driver’s worst nightmare”.
Stalling and bunny-hopping generally go hand-in-hand when you’re learning to drive a manual car. But throwing a ridiculously steep hill and a bank-up of CBD traffic into the mix sends fear through most inexperienced – and many experienced – drivers.
Some Ballarat drivers have been known to find an alternative route rather than master the monster.
However, many licence testers make sure it’s on the route for the P-plate driving test.
There’s nothing scarier than a handbrake start on a massive hill (heightened by busy CBD traffic) when you’re trying out for your much-wanted P-plate licence.