I had one of those moments today. I live in the SF Bay area and my girlfriend's iphone 4 died. We went to the Verizon store where they told us to upgrade would be a $40 fee in addition to the phone and the GF said "no way" so we were steered to a Best buy down the street. We finally got there in traffic, and we had the GF's dog, a beagle mix, in the back so we parked in a clear spot in view of the store and put the car in "Dog Mode" and went in.
Finally found someone to help us and we picked out the phone and paid for it and my girlfriend was looking at cases when I saw flashing lights out front and two Dublin police cars surrounding my Model X. "Oh *sugar*!" I told Diane to put the cases away and come out front as soon as she could and I walked outside quickly. I waved at the police and went up to them and introduced myself and that I was the owner of the car. They told me there was a dog left in the car and I told them, yes, the car was in dog mode and that is why the sign says "my owners will be right back, the AC is on and the temp is 70 degrees." They had not seen the dog mode before and so I released the dog and showed them around the car. Several other people came up so I turned on the dog mode again (dog out of car and now in my GF's care) and showed them the sign on the 17" screen. Showed them the doors, the Frunk and emergency battery disconnect, how to get into the Frunk, showed them the back trunk and lower trunk, and discussed the 5 seat, 6 seat and 7 seat arrangements. Discussed the safety of the car, showed them how to do an emergency release of the FWDs (I have several zip ties going to the release cables and then out the side of the speaker grill, as discussed elsewhere in this forum) and discussed safety features and the fact that the car cannot be "rolled over" in an accident. Or, at least it would be hard. The two officers were fascinated. No one has shown them a Tesla before.
Discussed range and the difference between the various models and the new "raven" models. (mine is the 2018 July, 295 mile distance) Discussed issues of charging and the difference between superchargers and level two chargers and traveling long distances with the Tesla and how the trip is planned for you. Range anxiety discussed.
I am so bad. Had to show them the Easter Eggs, the emission testing, romance mode, videos and games, mars lander, Internet browser, and finally (I am bad) the holiday model X dance, which the car performed flawlessly. That had them cracking up, now they want one for their department and perhaps for their own. IT is great not using a gasoline car.
Turned the situation into an educational one, everyone was smiling, they will report on the Tesla Dog Mode at their next police mustering report and we avoided a ticket!
Mike P