While this offers the opportunity to explore tourist sites and famous landmarks, it also occasionally picks up more unexpected features of street life.
A Reddit user recently spotted the moment a man decided to make a rather cheeky move while standing outside a hotel.
The image, which was spotted outside of a hotel on Main Street of Balboa Pier in Newport Beach, California.
The man, who is dressed in beige trousers and a black T-shirt seems to have spotted the Google Car nearby.
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