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MINI by BMW

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No harm done but could have been…

A QANTAS solar eclipse?

Cycling, waiting at the Takapuna lights, on a cloudless day…

And it went dark for a split second.

Looked up to see it was a QANTAS solar eclipse!

SH16 cycling near hit, still here thanks to rear view mirror

I nearly didn't go this way today, just to avoid crossing this SH16 roundabout, but traffic was light. Thankfully I saw a black car cutting across to do an illegal left turn (from the right/straight lane) in my "Take a Look" rear view mirror and, just, braked in time to avoid getting hit.

 

Front and rear Cycliq camera caught views of this incident, the gap was literally mm.