The kindness of strangers: My car was stuck in the middle of a highway. I felt hopeless – until some burly truckies lent a hand

I was only in my teens when, late at night, my Datsun ended up dangling off a median strip. Bracing to be harassed, I walked into a truck stop to ask for help … Read more in the kindness of strangers series My first car was a Datsun, in a delightful shade of baby-poo brown. I’d only been on my Ps a week when I almost drove it to total disaster. It was 11pm one night in south-west Sydney when I approached the huge intersection that links the Hume Highway with Henry Lawson Drive. I was trying...

By Naomi Mourra, as told to Katie Cunningham