Simply put, I counted 6 people reporting this here (I am one). My attempt to estimate how many people read this: X HN daily actives, each looks at Y threads a day (random out of 30 they see), one in Z posts to the thread.
Quick check with Alexa gave me something on the order of 2 million for X, that seems really high to me, let's say X=100k (even this seems very generous). Y and Z are pretty tricky, using a gut guess of Y = 5 and Z = 10:
Assuming you're at work, and you spend 30 minutes of a day where you could be caught on camera, and assuming Google streetview vehicle passes through your road once every year, what is the probability of you getting caught on camera? Also we should take in to factor you don't and streetview vehicle work only from 9-5.
Wow. If you go West once and look to the right they appear to be just kicking back reading the paper in some lawn chairs. They then proceed to chase the streetview car down the road as it moves east.
I used to bike a lot in SF. Then I realized that in less than a year I had a roommate shatter an ankle on market street and need surgery, a friend get hit by a bus and had to wear a neckbrace for months, another friend shattered a shoulder and also needed surgery, another got doored and had back problems, and I also got doored, but was fine. Though my bike was messed up. Great bike culture, but not very safe.
Californians in general drive both better (more safely) and more courteously than drivers in Minnesota, but even with the bad weather here, some Minnesotans bike. I feel much better when my wife is on a designated bike trail than along a roadway that has car traffic.
I should be on Street View as one went past while my wife and I were walking along from one of our first visits when she was pregnant. That was at least 10 months ago and the area we were in still isn't on Street View (rural UK). Anyone know how long it takes? :-)
I think they do multiple passes, and some passes are rejected - or the car could have been on its way somewhere else. I've seen the cars numerous times and never fail to stare dumbly at them but as far as I know none of those takes were used ..
I can't quite tell who I'm talking to without seeing their faces. From the postures it looks like it might be the RethinkDBs.
Edit: No, turns out it was the Picwings.