Michael Martin attracts some odd looks and double-takes from pedestrians — including a few who can’t resist striking poses — as he cruises Ottawa streets in the so-called “GATS-mobile.”

During an afternoon ride-along through the east-end Pineview neighbourhood, groups of kids walking home from school stop in their tracks and point at the SUV equipped with tripod-mounted 360-degree cameras, a laser range-finder and GPS tracking systems on the roof.

One kid stops, points and shows off a pitch-perfect “flossing” dance, no doubt hoping to achieve immortality in a Google Street View capture.

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Another frizzy-haired teenager spots the vehicle and flashes a devil-horn rock ‘n roll salute, shouting, “Awwright!” before noticing the innocu

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