Mirror Mirror on the Wall

Tonight, towards the end of a driving lesson a pupil drove alongside queued traffic on Byres Road when suddenly we heard a "clunk!" noise.  The pupil asked what the noise was to which I informed that they had hit another car's mirror.  Then I checked my rear mirror and saw the car started following us and flashing it's lights at us.  I asked the pupil to pull in to the side when safe and the other car parked in front of us.

I walked out to talk with the Asian dudes who came out of the car to examine the mirror.  They noticed a tiny crack on the casing of the mirror.  Whether it was from the impact of our mirror hitting it, I am not sure, but I was sure there was a crack there as I touched it.  With two more people in the back of his car there was more than enough witnesses to say what happened.  I was offering my details to the driver who was displeased with happened.  I had to own up and said it was our fault it happened and I was happy to exchange details with him as my insurance is with the driving school.  The guy wanted to settle it ourselves to which I told him it will have to be done through insurance because it happened during a lesson.  The guy was a bit hesitant and then said to leave it as he could not be bothered to go through the insurance.  That was a relief to me and I thank God for hearing my prayers because as I walked out of the car to talk to the guys I meditated inside asking God to protect me as it was a genuine mistake and that I'd do what I can to help resolve it.  God gave me the peace and the calm inside to talk to the guys ok and nothing else happened.

Thanks be to God for His protection.  =)

Safe in God's hands

This post is to give thanks to God for His protection.

On Tuesday 30th, there was heavy sleet, snow and rain and at the end of a driving lesson I asked a pupil to pull up to the side to park.  The nearside front tyre mounted the kerb then came back off with a nasty crunch.  Thinking it was a "normal" kerbing of the car I did not investigate, also cos it was so wet and cold outside.  However, I saw a little gash on the tyre wall on Wednesday morning at the start of a lesson.  After the two hour lesson I checked the tyre again and noticed the gash developed into a much bigger hole (as above!).

It was quite scary and horrible, to be able to see the inside of the tyre.  The Kwik-Fit mechanic said it looked like somebody tried to slash my tyres.  Haha!  I explained that a pupil mounted the kerb.  Which is what I had to report to the AA Group Claims number on Wednesday.  All I had to do was bring the car round to Kwik-Fit (nearest one was on Maryhill Road) and they had it sorted for me for free!

It's not just the free Kwik-Fit that I am thankful for, but thankful the tyre did not burst during the 2hr lesson which would have destroyed any confidence of the pupil and be quite scary, considering we were doing 60mph at some point of the lesson.

So again, thank God for His protection!  :)