busted flat

I was driving my mother to work yesterday when all of a sudden the car was making a flopping noise at the back and the car slanted a little bit downwards to the right.  I stopped the car to the right side of the road only occupying one lane so the traffic can still flow at the other lane.  When we got out of the car to check the damage, this is what we saw.  There's only been a few times when I felt helpless, this is one of those.  And this has happened twice to me.  The first time was different.  My father was still alive and I was only like 2 meters away from the house, so no trouble for me.  This second time was so much of a hassle.  I dont know how to change a tire!  cannot even lift one!  My mother was just as helpless.  
We sat in the car for the first few minutes trying to figure out what we would be doing.  I called up the mechanic from the service center but he didnt answer the phone.  My mother called up my aunt and asked her to send my cousin over to help us.  After these calls my mother and myself got into a little spat as she was blaming me for causing this.  I was driving too fast she said.  This is not the first time I get into trouble with this car.  And I get the major events of this car.  First was when a jeepney drove past me and hit the side mirror, we went to the LTO for that.  Wasn't my fault at all and the jeepney driver has had a little bit of alcohol before he went out to drive.  My mother ended up paying for most of the bill as the driver couldnt really pay for the damages.  Second was when the car overheated on my mother's birthday last year and because of this the mechanic gave it a major overhaul.  I dont know what it means but he replaced lots of parts at the front.  Third was when I was driving it and I noticed it was going to overheat again.  I brought it to the service center and they found that the waterpump was leaking and needed to be replaced, I ended up paying for it to shut my mother up.  I couldnt believe it.  It's always me.  I always get to be the one to handle these stresses.  It's not the car itself breaking down that's stressful, it's listening to my mother nag about it!  hihihi  
It's not my fault!  This is my plea, most of the time.  I mean, how can I have caused it?  If we talk about long term bad habit leading to the breaking down of the parts..  I come home on vacations for 2 months each year for the last 2 years and I dont use the car everyday.  If i do use it, i stay in the city.  i dont go to offroad adventures with the car.  It just so happens that everytime it breaks down, Im the one behind the wheel.  
My arguments why I couldnt have caused this flat tire and why my road speed didn't cause it: My mother thinks that because I was driving too fast, the tire got busted and it's probably more damaged because of this.  First of all, we're in the highway, you can't drive 30 kph in the highway, there are other vehicles behind you.  Second, I know I wasn't driving too fast because there was a car in front of me.  I wanted to get past him but just waited anyway thinking maybe he'll pick up his speed.  Third, I didn't use the car the week before this happened except for one time when I used it to drive myself to the review center.  Fourth, this is what cars and other things in general do..they break down, get stolen, lose their strength over time..they don't last forever.  I dont know Im just saying.  Maybe if one can learn to accept the nature of things, then it would be easier to just move on instead of nagging about it.  Like I said it was just a little spat.  We made up after a few minutes.
The highway police patrolling the area came to our rescue.  My cousin Neil arrived and then left to get a block of wood to put the jack on to give it more height and then came back with three pieces of wood but it was really no use anymore because the police had helped change the tire.  So he gave me a high five and then left.  The police were very nice to us.  I was so happy about this.  :)
It was kinda embarrassing because we were stuck there for over an hour and you can see the traffic jam behind us..  it was over one kilometer long.  Some of the drivers of the vehicles that pass by would give us an angry look.  Yea.  Well, sorry grumpy old man.  It's not like I wished for this to happen to me.  Yea.  you should just give yourself a bath, you look like you smell hehe.  But really I felt sorry, but like I said, we didnt wish for it to happen.  Some people must have been late for work on that day.  :(
Kudos to the SRP police for their help.  It was really appreciated.  I really don't like the police, they made a bad impression on me when I was 16.  But this time, this group has vindicated their profession , their image in my eyes.  I have a fresh new look at the police now.  At that time, I felt like I was with heroes.  

*the tire has been retired since yesterday.  there is a big cut on the side after the incident.  the mechanics said that it was probably a cut from running against or in and around a curb or something, maybe metal scraps on the road, things like that.    my mother had bought two new tires for her car as she wants to ensure her safety in it.  i think she had been convinced that it's not really my fault.  i just always happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.